Lok Sabha Question No. 45 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Digi Yatra Policy
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Kuldeep Rai Sharma, C.N. Annadurai, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Dhanush M Kumar, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Supriya Sadanand Sule, M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 45

(To be answered on the 2 nd  February 2023)

## DIGI YATRA POLICY

## 45. SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

SHRI M.K.RAGHAVAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has launched Digi Yatra Policy and if so, the details including aims and objectives thereof;
- (b) the financial allocation for implementing the said policy;
- (c) the details of the benefit(s) accrued to the people from the said policy;
- (d) whether the Government has launched any awareness programme about
- Digi Yatra Policy and if so, its outcome thereof;
- (e) the details of the airports which were awarded work for implementation of Biometric Boarding System by Airports Authority of India;
- (f) whether any time bound action plan is proposed to cover all airports of the
- country under the above scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g)  the  steps  taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for digital
- transformation of the aviation sector?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

(a) to (e): Digi Yatra policy is an initiative launched by Ministry of Civil Aviation for biometric boarding system using Facial Recognition Technology.

It aims at providing seamless and hassle-free experience for passengers at airports. Its main objective is to enhance passenger experience by eliminating the need for verification of ticket and ID at multiple touch points and to achieve better throughput through existing infrastructure using a Digital Framework. The project is under implementation stage.The expenditure on implementation of Digi Yatra is done by Airport Operators. Ministry of Civil Aviation does not provide any budgetary support for its implementation. To give wide publicity to Digi Yatra, Airport Operators and Airline Operators are  doing  in-flight  announcements,  publicity  through  boarding  passes, providing help desk support and displaying banner and films etc. at the airports. Publicity is also being done through Social Media. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded the work for implementation of Biometric Boarding System at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Varanasi airports. (f)  and (g): Digi Yatra is to be implemented across airports in a phased manner. In first phase, Digi Yatra has been launched on 01.12.2022 at Delhi, Bangalore and Varanasi Airports for providing passengers contactless, paperless check-in and boarding process based on facial biometrics. The implementation of Digi Yatra under phase I is also planned at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Hyderabad Airports by March 2023 and across various airports in the country in phased manner. Digital transformation of aviation sector is an ongoing endeavour. As per requirement, the digitisation of various processes in aviation sector is undertaken.

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