Watch | What is DigiYatra, and why were complaining about it in airports?
In December, when air journey is sometimes at its peak, a call was taken to ramp up the enrolment for DigiYatra.
DigiYatra permits passengers to make use of their face as their boarding move, to zip via varied checkpoints at an airport. It is not owned by the Government, however by a consortium of personal and authorities airports. It
But the ramp up of this facility led to a barrage of complaints on social media, that workers at personal airports and CISF personnel were enrolling them for DigiYatra with out their information and consent.
DigiYatra is not necessary, and a voluntary possibility for passengers, as acknowledged in a DigiYatra coverage doc unveiled by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in 2018. Apart from the CISF, personal airport workers were additionally asking passengers for his or her boarding move and signing them up. This has led to arguments with the workers.
We go into element on what is DigiYatra, its goals and the varied privateness considerations across the app.
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Presentation and script: Jagriti Chandra
Video and manufacturing: Richard Kujur