🔆E-Passports ✅India has joined over 120 nations in issuing biometric e-passports, offering enhanced security, faster immigration, and global compliance ✅An e-passport (electronic or biometric passport) is an upgraded version of the traditional passport. It combines a conventional booklet with an embedded Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip and antenna in the back cover. This chip securely stores the holder’s personal and biometric data. 📍Security Features of E-Passports ✅RFID Chip & Antenna: Stores encrypted personal and biometric data, making unauthorized access or tampering extremely difficult. ✅Basic Access Control (BAC): Stops unauthenticated access to the chip by restricting scanning equipment to only authorized devices. ✅Passive Authentication (PA): Authenticates stored information and identifies tampering. ✅Extended Access Control (EAC): Introduces an additional layer of security to biometric data such as fingerprints. ✅Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): Digitally signs the data, ensuring authenticity and preventing forgery or unauthorized data changes. #gs2 #polity_governance Join @upsc_polity_governance