The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) of Pakistan is creating a citizens database, which will eliminate identity theft from the country. The national database will eliminate identity theft, which formed on the basis of all e-Governance regimes including e-Commerce and cyber security.
Addressing the issue of stolen passports and identity theft in the Botswana, the government is planning to introduce machine-readable passports shortly.
The United Kingdom’s first e-passports, which feature personal information stored on a chip, have been issued.
The Central Government in India is planning to fully implement e-passports in the country by 2013, according to Minister of State for External Affairs E.Ahmed.
Heightened global security concerns led the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to set a deadline of 2015 for governments to equip passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. In 2003, ICAO adopted a global plan for the implementation of not just machine-readable passports but also for the use of biometric identifiers in all of its 188 member countries.
