DIGI YATRA's Facial Recognition Technology to give contactless, seamelss processing of passengers; Ist phase in Varanasi, Bengaluru from 15 August

Come 15 August, there will be a digital processing of passengers at airports in Varanasi and Bengaluru. Thanks to the Digi Yatra project which will provide contactless, seamless processing of passengers at airports, based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT).  

Digi Yatra is proposed to be rolled out at two Airports namely Varanasi and Bengaluru in August 2022 and at five Airports namely Pune, Vijayawada, Kolkata, Delhi and Hyderabad by March next year. AAI will identify their airports where Digi Yatra would be implemented in a phased manner, a government release said.

"It is a project conceived to achieve contactless, seamless processing of passengers at Airports, based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). The project basically envisages that any traveller may pass through various check points at the airport through a paperless and contactless processing, using facial features to establish the identity which would be linked to the boarding pass," Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said.

A Consultative Committee meeting of Ministry of Civil Aviation was held today in the state capital. The meeting was chaired by Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia.

Scindia said that the privacy issues have been taken care of in the system.

The DIGI YATRA will provide a decentralised mobile wallet-based identity management platform which is cost effective and addresses privacy/data protection issues in implementation of Digi Yatra, the release said.

After approval of the revised Digi Yatra guidelines, an AIC (Aeronautical Information Circular) has been published by DGCA on 18 April 2022.

Digi Yatra Foundation (DYF) has been set up as a joint venture (JV) company in  2019 under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 whose shareholders are AAI (26% shares) and BIAL, DIAL, GHIAL, MIAL and CIAL. These 5 shareholders equally hold the remaining 74% of the shares.

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The Foundation was formed, with the objective of creating the Digi Yatra Central Ecosystem (DYCE). Digi Yatra Foundation will be a pan-India entity and the custodian of the Passenger ID validation process. It will also develop consensus amongst the Aviation Stakeholders in India. It would also define the criteria for compliance and guidelines for the local airport systems. The JV will conduct regular audits, of the various compliances and guidelines (including guidelines on security, image quality, data privacy) defined by the Digi Yatra guidelines for the local Airport Biometric Boarding Systems (BBS).