India plans to roll out chip embedded e-passports by 2017, reports NDTV.
This move of embedding a chip in the passport is aimed at verifying information electronically.
Minister of state for External Affairs VK Singh who was on a visit to the Regional Passport Office in Kerala said that full digital passports which can be carried in mobile phones will be introduced in the next phase.
He said that facilities for e-passports are being installed and it is expected that all fresh passports to be issued from next year would have the chips incorporated in it.
The minister also said that once the delay in police verification process is sorted out through electronic passing of information, the time required for issuing passports will be minimised.
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