During the 13th Passport Seva Divas, India took an important step forward in the passport issuance system with the launch of the e-Passport nationally under the revamped Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Version 2.0, as part of its overall agenda to make government services even more transparent, efficient, secure, and digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The launch was made by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. The modernized initiative seeks to change the way passports are issued, verified, and utilized in India and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is an e-passport?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An e-passport is an electronic passport that has an embedded microchip which contains the biometric and demographic data of the passport holder. This smart chip provides security for the data, enables contactless immigration, and makes the passport tamper-proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Embedded electronic microchip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Stores biometric information (such as fingerprints and facial recognition).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Machine-readable components to improve immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Provides better protection from identity theft and forgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Follows International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The launch of the Passport Seva 2.0 highlights India\u2019s vision and plans to upgrade public services through various technological and digital solutions, as outlined in PSP V2.0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The back-end infrastructure now uses cloud-based services with AI-enabled components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Better data analytics and real-time tracking now provide operational transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 An integrated platform links the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, pilot testing<\/strong> of the Global Passport Seva Programme V2.0<\/strong> is underway to enable Indian embassies and consulates<\/strong> to issue e-passports in future phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the 13th Passport Seva Divas, India took an important step forward in the passport issuance system with the launch of the e-Passport nationally under the revamped Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Version 2.0, as part of its overall agenda to make government services even more transparent, efficient, secure, and digital. The launch was made by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":173802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5374],"tags":[4916],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-173801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-july-2025","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173803,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173801\/revisions\/173803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173801"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=173801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How to Apply for an e-Passport in India<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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