Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
is set to launch the face-recognition facility under the
Centre’s Digi Yatra Policy for the first time in India. Trials
began on July 1 and will continue
for a month. The face-recognition technology will remove the Central
Industrial Security Forces (CISF) physically checking
passengers’ government issued identification documents at the airport entrance.
How it works?
♦ Initially, the
passengers should submit the documents and then a face-recognition
camera will capture the image of your face.
♦ The image along with
the details of the documents will be stored in a database.
♦ The passengers will be
provided aunique Digi Yatra ID.
♦ The passengers, then,
should go through the security check points at the airport by just looking into
the camera to record and identify themselves via biometrics.
♦ This facility will also
mean passengers may not have to show travel documents, boarding pass and
identity proof at checkpoints.
♦ Once the face ID and
document are registered, during subsequent entries the system will be able to
recognise the passengers’ face and document details from the database via a
face recognition camera placed at the entry.
♦ Passengers will also be
able to use unique Digi Yatra ID as documentation while
buying tickets in the future.
Benefits of the technology:
There will be convenience and Privacy
inherent in facial recognition than the prospect of giving up your identity to
clear through security faster. This benefit comes at a low cost. Time wastage
is less. Passegenrs need not want to carry all documents. They can travel
hassle-free and with tension.
Digi Yatra Policy:
Introduced by: Ministry of Civil
Aviation
It is a biometric based digital processing of passengers at Airports.
The policy aims to provide a connected ecosystem enhancing
the seamless travel experience for the passengers and simultaneously improving
the security.
