Budget 2022: E-passport is like a normal passport, but a chip is installed in the e-passport. This passport contains the information of the passenger like name, date of birth, address etc.
E-Passport Announcement in Budget 2022: On 1 February 2022, the country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for the financial year 2022-2023 in front of the country. In this budget speech, he laid the roadmap of the direction of the government in front of the country. The biggest emphasis of the government was on digitalisation.
In order to connect the whole country with the digital medium, the Finance Minister made several announcements. One of them is the E-Passport Facility. The Finance Minister announced in his budget speech that now e-passports will be issued to citizens for traveling abroad. Chip in E-Passport will also be installed in this passport. This will now make it easier for people to travel abroad. This technology will be released in the financial year 2022-23 (FY 2022-23).
E-passport is different from normal passport,
Let us tell you that e-passport is like normal passport but, a small electronic chip is installed in e-passport. This passport contains the information of the passenger like name, date of birth, address etc. Through this passport, there will be better facilities for the passengers. With this, the details of the passenger will be verified very quickly at the immigration counters. Let us tell you that there is also a question in the minds of many people whether some changes will be made in the process of making passport. But, no information has been given by the government in this regard.
It is worth noting that the facility of e-passport was first started in Malaysia. It was launched in the year 1998 itself. After this, many developed countries like America, Japan, Britain, Germany etc. also started giving this facility to their passengers. India had issued e-passports to 20,000 of its diplomats in the year 2008 as a pilot project. After the success of this project, the government is going to provide this facility to the common citizens also.
Till now people of India used to use this type of passport,
Let us tell you that 5 types of passports are issued in the country. These are ordinary passport, official passport, diplomatic passport, temporary passport and family passport. In this, the passport that you have with us is the blue colored passport which is issued to the common people. In this, the name of the holder on the passport, DOB, name of parents, name of spouse of married people is mentioned. Along with this, it contains your photo and sign. This is a solid ID proof.
