80 lakh e-passports issued till date; all Indian passports to be chipped by 2035: OfficialsOver 80 lakh e-passports have been issued in India since May 2025, when the country fully switched to the next-generation chipped passports...
MEA rolls out upgraded Passport Seva 2.0 and e-Passports for citizens in India and abroadThe Ministry of External Affairs has successfully launched Passport Seva Programme V2.0 and Global Passport Seva Programme V2.0. These upgr...
Inside India's e-Passport: What it is, how does it work, and why does it matterThe Indian government has introduced e-passports to enhance security and modernize international travel documents. These biometric passport...
TCS could roll out chip based e-passports by the end of 2022TCS will refresh existing facilities and systems (including hardware), build new solutions for the issuance of e-passports and improve the ...
How govt plans to secure your new e-passportThe External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said the purpose to issue such e-passport is to make travel easier and smoother, and also to en...
E-passports to have advanced security features: GovtThe government is expected to roll out e-passports this year.
E-passports to have advanced security features: GovtMinister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said93 passport seva kendras and 428 post office passport seva kendras are operation...
From 2023, you will be issued e-passports: FM SitharamanPassports with biometrics are used in Germany, UK and Bangladesh. An e-passport comes fitted with a small electronic chip containing the da...
Indians to soon get e-passports: Ministry of External AffairsThe microchip embedded in the passport will hold all vital information related to the passport holder’s biometric data, as well as security...
E-passports for all Indian citizens next year onwards; govt works on IT backboneIf you apply for a new passport or seek a re-issue in 2021, chances are you could get an e-passport embedded with an electronic microproces...
Government working on e-passports: JaishankarThe Ministry has plans to issue chip-enabled e-passports to citizens with advanced security features.
Plans afoot to introduce chip-enabled e-passports with advanced security features: GovtThe government has given its approval for procurement of electronic contact-less inlays for manufacturing of e-passports to the India Secur...
E-passports with high security features likelyE-passports with enhanced security features such as bio-metric details will be launched in 2017.
Government to launch e-passportReplying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said government was in the process of procuring d...
Coming soon: Tamper-proof e-passports to speed up travelThe technology will make the document more secure and also substantially reduce the time required by the holder for immigration.
- E-passport roll out in ordinary category by Sept 2009
The full roll-out of E-Passports in the ordinary passport category would be a reality by September 2009, making India the first major devel...
- Govt launches E-passport scheme
The electronic chip laden E-passports launched today will make the immigration procedure much more simpler.