Shri Suresh Prabhu, the Union Minister of Commerce & Civil Aviation of India on 4th October, 2018, released a new policy – “Digi Yatra,” a biometric based digital security processing at airports. The minister stated that this is an initiative to better the standards for the security checks at the airport. He further added that a technical committee which would be including members from airlines and industry, airport authorities is formed. This project would start functioning from February 2019 in the cities of Hyderabad & Bangalore International Airports and in the cities like Varanasi, Viajaywada, Kolkata & Pune in April 2019.
What exactly “Digi Yatra” is ?
Well, under this program, a flyer would get a “DigiYatra ID” with minimum personal detail shared like passenger’s name, mobile number, e-mail and details of any identity proof. This DigiYatra ID would be shared with the passenger during the time of ticket- booking and the concerned airline is supposed to share that DigiYatra ID with the concerned departure airport.
How does it works and what are the key features ?
- It is a centralized way of passengers registration as each of them would be issued with a unique ID during the ticket booking.
- Any valid ID proof can be considered for creating the DigiYatri ID.
- Then, the airline you are flying with, would share the passenger’s ID with the concerned departure airport.
- For automated check-ins and faster entrance, the passengers can link their Aadhaar Card.
- A biometric digital processing would be introduced at the airports under this program.
- If the passenger wish then, this biometric processing can be based on his facial recognition, totally dependable on their will and convenience.
- This program would be implemented from February 2019 in all major Indian cities.
- Passenger would be benefited by the genuine notification about the flight delays, congestion and also regarding their luggage at the airport’s claim belt.
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