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India to get e-passports in 2008

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NEW DELHI: India citizens would get biometric passports or e-passports by 2008, according to Anand Sharma, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs.

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The e-passports would be valid for 10 years, the minister said today.

He pointed out that several countries have been incorporating biometric information in their passports to ensure tighter security.

A system for issuing biometric passports would be put in place by the end of this year, an agency report said.

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