Recently a meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation was held in New Delhi to discuss the “DIGI YATRA” project.
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What is Digi Yatra?
The project has been envisaged to ensure contactless, seamless travel process of passengers at airports based on Face Recognition System (FRT).
The basic idea of this project is that any passenger can pass through various check points without any paperwork or contact. For this, his facial features will be used, which will establish his identity, which will be directly linked to his boarding pass.
It provides a decentralized mobile wallet based identity management platform which is also affordable and also addresses the privacy/data security issues in the implementation of Digi Yatra.
Digi Travel Foundation : The Hindu Analysis
It was incorporated in the year 2019 as a Joint Venture Company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
This foundation was created with the objective of creating Digi Yatra Central Ecosystem (DYCE).
Digi Yatra Foundation will be a pan-India entity and custodian of the Passenger ID verification process.
It will also develop consensus among aviation stakeholders in India.
It will also define norms for compliance and guidelines for local airport systems.
Implementation : The Hindu Analysis
In the first phase, Digi Yatra is proposed to be launched at two airports at Varanasi and Bangalore in August 2022 and at five airports at Pune, Vijayawada, Kolkata, Delhi and Hyderabad by March next year.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will identify the airports where Digi Yatra will be implemented in a phased manner.
Purpose of Digi Yatra:
Enhance the passenger experience and provide a simple and easy experience to all air travelers.
Achieve better throughput through existing infrastructure using “Digital Framework”.
Low cost operation.
Digitizing the existing manual processes and bringing in better efficiency.
Raising security standards and improving the performance of existing systems.
Rollout of “Digi Yatra” system with a strong verifiable digital “ID” like Aadhaar issued by the Government.
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