The government on Friday confirmed to Lok Sabha that the e-passport will only be released after confirming that its data security features are helpful. The Union's Foreign Minister, SJ Shankar, in response to questions from members of the House, said the proposed e-passport samples were being tested to ensure their safety.
"We know the dangers of skiing. In fact, one of the reasons is that passport samples are being checked to make sure they are safe." Properly covered, it will withstand a lot of adverse conditions.
Congress member Shashi Tharoor wanted the government to know what steps to take before issuing passports to ensure data security for passport holders.
Raising concerns about the data protection of e-passport holders, which will come with the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, Tharoor pointed out that numerous studies around the world have shown that no one can secretly record data on RFID tags. And he can copy.
Responding to a question related to MK Raghun, another member of Congress, the minister said, "the average citizen will get the passport details more complete and more secure than in other cases."
Responding to an additional question from DMK member Dayandhi Maran, the minister criticized the government, saying the government said immigrants would be fine after the issuance of an e-passport, but strangely they had Indian passports wherever they went, treated as third. -Comprehensible citizens, especially in our country. "
Responding to Maran, the minister said, "I think it is wrong for a member to explain the situation at airports. I probably visit the airport more than any member of the House." "I'm not blind I see. What's going on at the other counters."
"I think all members should be fair enough to agree that the airport process has been improved. There are many other counters today. The airport counter and BOI (Bureau of Immigration) counters have been upgraded. There is a wide range, but please do not make any donation "These are such bad traits. It's not right ... I'm angry about it. I think it's not necessary at all," he said. Added
Jay Shankar said the purpose of issuing e-passports is to make travel for passport holders easier and smoother and to ensure "better security" of their data.
"E-passports contain both data and sheets, like a normal passport. In terms of data security, data is encrypted through a personalized process," he said.
He said e-passports would have "more security" levels. It will have a digital signature "to be sent to other governments for verification".
In addition, there will be other digital keys that will validate the passport at each stage - when the chip is made, the connection is made, the passport office uploads data, the embassy uploads data, and when the passport is processed.
"We are investigating for safety," he said. He told the lower house that 50 million plans for the purchase of chips and antennas had been issued.
"We expect that once we reach an agreement that will take time, we will have more than six months to issue passports, we will do this in this financial year," he said. “It simply came to our notice then.
The minister said the introduction of e-passports and "normal" would increase the passport problem. "We are confident that we will be able to maintain the same schedule and the same speed," he added.
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