DIGI YATRA INITIATIVE - PAPERLESS AIR TRAVEL WILL SOON BE A REALITY

WHAT IS DIGI YATRA INITIATIVE ?

 Air passengers can soon use facial recognition technology to enter any airport in the country under the recently unveiled 'Digi Yatra Initiative'  by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

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 GRADUAL ROLL OUT

With this initiative, the civil aviation ministry is looking to make ticket booking, airport entry and boarding pass security check in digital.

 The technology will soon be operational at Bengaluru and Hyderabad
airports.

The AAI of India Plans to roll out the initiative at Kolkata, , Varanasi, Pune and Vijayawada airports by April next year as per the ministry.

 KEY FEATURES
  • Centralized Registration system for passengers and each of them would get a unique ID on booking the tickets.
  • ID can be created by sharing name,email Id, mobile number and details of any identity proof, including Aadhar.
  • The airline would share the passenger data and the ID with the airport from where the Passenger would be flying out.
  • Optionally linking of Aadhaar to airlines at the time of booking for faster airport entry and automated check-ins without requiring any paper-based interventions.
  • Voluntary for passengers on whether to opt for facial recognition biometric for air travel
  • Passengers would be notified when their luggage reaches the baggage claim belt

IS THE SOFTWARE CREATED BY INDIAN GOVERNMENT ? 

 NO, Software belongs to Portuguese company 'Vision Box'

 Hari Marar, CEO of Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL)  which operates KIA and Miguel Leitmann , CEO of Vision Box , a Portuguese software firm , signed an agreement to this effect in Libson on Sep 5 to introduce face recognition technology at the airport from 2019.

 As this software is owned by Private company of Portuguese, thus, people are concerned about it as their facial recognition details are get stored with a private company.

 But Overall, these companies follow good protocols.

 WHY WE NEED THIS TECHNOLOGY ?

 Airports in India - from the busiest like Delhi and Mumbai to smaller ones in Patna and Guwahati - have become synonymous with queues, delays and congestion.

 India has recorded double-digit growth in domestic air passenger traffic for the past 42 months,shows data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

 So, Lot of Time get wasted in queues, security check. It's not good fro India Tourism sector as well.

 WHAT IATA SAID ?

 IATA anticipates India will be the third largest aviation market by 2024. To make this a reality airport capacity needs to be augmented.

 So to handle this, we definitely need such system which save time of people.

 For more information, you can access below links:

 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/soon-travellers-can-enter-airports-with-facial-recognition-biometric/article25120681.ece

 https://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/what-is-digi-yatra-initiative-5386232/

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