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The Indian navy plans to deploy mobile biometric security devices in coastal areas for residential authentication.
The implementation of biometric devices for checking residential identity cards will help the Indian Navy and Coast Guard keep tabs on illegal migrants.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh handed the devices to Navy chief Admiral R K Dhowan and Coast Guard Director General Vice-Admiral A G Thapliyal at an event held in New Delhi in the presence of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
The Resident Identity Card (RIC) readers are developed by ITI and Electronics Corporation of India. The card reader can verify an individual’s demographic and biometric authentication without an internet connection.
“The card reader work on the principle of Key Management System and the cards can be read only when the key present in the RIC is authenticated by the Verification Authentication card,” the Home Ministry said in a statement. The statement also mentioned that the RIC reader is “tamper-proof and self-destructs if it is opened in an unauthorised manner.”
India has a coastline of about 7,500 kilometres, covering 69 coastal districts in mainland India, three in Andaman and Nicobar and one in Lakshadweep.
A mobile biometric scanner has already been rolled out by the country’s Border Security Force (BSF) at 40 points along its border with Bangladesh to catch insurgents and illegal migrants.
Suspects captured by the BSF will now have their biometric data checked against villagers’ to confirm they are not illegal migrants or fighters with insurgent groups.
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Indian Navy to Deploy Biometric Security Devices in Coastal AreasThe implementation of biometric devices for checking residential identity cards will help the Indian Navy and Coast Guard keep tabs on illegal migrants.
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