Digi Yatra: Government releases policy for passengers at airports

Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has released a policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at airports called Digi Yatra.

• The initiative seeks to promote paperless and hassle-free air travel.
• It will be operational by end of February, 2019 at Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports.
• In later phase, Airports Authority of India (AAI) will roll out this initiative at Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune and Vijayawada airports by April 2019.

About Digi Yatra?

• Under this initiative, there will be a one-time verification at the departure airport while travelling for the first time using Digi Yatra ID.
• After successful verification, facial recognition biometric will be captured and stored in Digi Yatra ID.
• With this initiative, ticket booking, airport entry and boarding pass security check-in will be made digital.
• For this system, passengers will be registered through a centralized system and will be given a Digi Travel ID.
• This ID will include details such as names of passengers, their e-mail id, mobile number and details of any identity proof, including Aadhaar.
• Travelers can also use this ID when booking tickets.
• This initiative will bring benefits to passengers and all stakeholders involved in the process including airport operator who will be having the travel information in advance for better resource planning and real-time data of passengers within terminal.
• This will enable the operator to take proactive action to avoid congestion.

Question:

Q. What is the policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at airports that was released by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation called?
a. Sukhad Yatra
b. Digi Yatra
c. Saral Yatra
d. E- Yatra