New Delhi sources stated that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the newly launched mobile app through which citizens can apply for a passport was fully secured with advanced security features. Meanwhile she said that in less than three weeks of the app being launched, the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) had received as many as 67,500 applications through the app.
The Minister told Rajya Sabha that “She can assure you that this app is fully secured. It has two very distinct security features, and one is that as soon as the app connects with our DRC (data receiving centre), the data from the applicants’ mobile get erased. No data (related to passport application) is left in the mobile phone”.
She added “Secondly, if someone tries to make a fake passport from a cyber
cafe (by misusing someone’s data) as some people did, it would not come into
the DRC”. Moreover when replying to a supplementary, she said there was a
shortage of staff but it was not affecting the efficiency of passport services.
She added “At 19 Passport Seva Kendras, people are getting appointment as early
as the next day of applying. Moreover in any case, the wait is not more than
seven days, where many more passports are being issued now than ever before”.
