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India will start issuing e-passports

Friday, May 16, 2008

India will start issuing electronic passports to its government diplomats and officials in June, according to NewKerala.com. The new travel documents will be introduced to citizens within the next 11 months. For now the e-passports will contain a digital photo, but the Indian government might add fingerprints at a later date.

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