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Digi Yatra Expanded to International Departures
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Face is your boarding pass, now abroad too: the Digi Yatra e-governance pilot at five airports
Digi Yatra's biometric boarding system is being piloted for international departures at five airports, including Bengaluru.
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What you need to know
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Digi Yatra, India's facial-recognition-based biometric boarding system, is being expanded to international departures through a pilot programme at five airports: Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
The system was earlier limited to domestic flights, where it allows passengers to move through airport checkpoints using facial recognition instead of repeatedly presenting boarding passes and identity documents.
The pilot is expected to be assessed before a wider international rollout.
ਸਰੋਤ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ਮੁੱਖ ਤੱਥ
Remember these
- Digi Yatra is India's facial-recognition-based biometric boarding system
- Pilot for international departures covers five airports: Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Hyderabad and Mumbai
- Earlier the system was limited to domestic flights
- It replaces repeated checks of boarding passes and ID documents with facial recognition at checkpoints
- The pilot will be assessed before any wider international rollout
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How the exam will ask it
ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼
- Digi Yatra uses facial recognition to let passengers pass airport checkpoints without repeatedly showing boarding passes and identity documents.
- The international-departure pilot of Digi Yatra covers Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Hyderabad and Mumbai airports.
- Digi Yatra was earlier available only for domestic flights.
ਮੇਨਜ਼
GS-III Science & Technology / GS-II governance: Digi Yatra shows how biometric and facial-recognition tools can make public services faster and more convenient. The issue is balancing efficiency with privacy, data protection and consent under the Digital Personal Data Protection framework. Way forward: assess the pilot, ensure voluntary enrolment, secure and limited data storage, and clear grievance redress before scaling up.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Digi Yatra, India's biometric boarding system, is being piloted for INTERNATIONAL departures at Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Hyderabad and which other airport?
- Chennai
- Ahmedabad
- Mumbai
- Pune
ਜਵਾਬ ਵੇਖੋ
ਜਵਾਬ: C — Correct: Mumbai — Digi Yatra's international-departure pilot covers five airports: Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. • Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune — wrong: none is among the five airports named for this pilot.
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