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India gets E-passport

New Delhi, President Pratibha Patil will launch the E-passport scheme here today. President Pratibha Patil already has her name in history books, for being the first women president of India and when she launches E passport scheme on 25th June, Historians will have another reason to register her name in history books.

The E-passport, also called biometric passports, will carry a chip that will have entire personal information, including fingerprints, of the holder in a chip.

These passports will initially be launched for diplomats and high-ranking government and common people will be entitled for it a year later.

The new passport will carry a chip that will have entire personal information, including finger-prints, of the holder in a chip.

The step is aimed at curbing misuse of passport, including through impersonation and make immigration process easier.
This initiative is amongst other government initiatives to rein in corruption. E-passports and other such initiatives aim to nullify the middle-man who charges you a sum for getting the passport made or other ID’s made even if you have incomplete documents

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June 25, 2008

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