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  • DigiYatra: Govt Launches App for Passengers at Delhi, Bangalore and Varanasi Airports; Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Says Data Stored in Encrypted Format

    DigiYatra: Govt Launches App for Passengers at Delhi, Bangalore and Varanasi Airports; Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Says Data Stored in Encrypted Format

    New Delhi, December 1: The government on Thursday launched DigiYatra which will provide a seamless entry and embarkation process for air passengers at the airports in the national capital, Bangalore and Varanasi.

    After launching DigiYatra, which is based on facial recognition technology, at the airport in Delhi, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said data shared by the passengers will be stored in an encrypted format and in a decentralised manner.

    DigiYatra will be launched at four more airports — Hyderabad, Pune, Vijayawada and Kolkata — by March next year. Later, DigiYatra will be rapidly rolled out across all other airports, Scindia said at a briefing here. The airlines that operate in these three airports — Delhi, Bangalore and Varanasi — are fundamentally onboard, he said with respect to DigiYatra. Digi Yatra App: Your Face Can Be Boarding Pass at These Airports, Know How Paperless Entry Works.

    It will be available for passengers taking domestic flights. DigiYatra app is available on Android and ioS platforms. Currently at the Delhi airport, DigiYatra will be available for passengers taking domestic flights from Terminal 3 (T3).

    Amid concerns in certain quarters about data theft and privacy issues, Scindia said the data shared for DigiYatra will be stored in an encrypted format in a decentralised manner.

    “First, we thought of a centralised system that would house all the data but then issues of privacy, data theft, rightfully came up. So, we moved to a decentralised system which would house the passenger information.. on the mobile phones of every single passenger,” the minister said. The secured, encrypted information on a passenger’s phone can be provided to the airport from which he or she is flying out, 24 hours before the journey.

    “We have moved to a decentralised system and your data is going to be in an encrypted format and it is going to be residing only in your (passenger) mobile phone… 24 hours after your travel, that data is mandatorily going to be purged from the servers at that airport. The data you upload gets completely wiped out in 24 hours even though it is protected by blockchain technology,” the minister said.

    For availing the service, a passenger has to register their details on DigiYatra app using Aadhaar-based validation and a self image capture. In the next step, the boarding pass has to be scanned and the credentials are shared with the airport.

    At the airport e-gate, the passenger has to first scan the bar coded boarding pass and the facial recognition system installed at the e-gate will validate the passenger’s identity and travel document. Once this process is done, the passenger can enter the airport through the e-gate.

    The passenger will have to follow the normal procedure to clear the security and board the aircraft. Talking about the benefits of facial recognition technology being used at airports, the minister said it is helping save time for passengers at various international airports, including at Dubai, Singapore, Atlanta, Narita (Japan).

    At Atlanta airport, the time taken is around “9 minutes per aircraft boarding”, he added. Scindia said DigiYatra provides a seamless process from the entry point until the embarkation point on planes, and no identification or boarding pass has to be shown by the passengers.

    While noting that DigiYatra is being adopted on a piece meal basis in the country, he said the Indian system is a tad more efficient than other systems across the world.

    “We are also working with IATA to ensure that new advancements are adopted at a very very early stage in India,” the minister said. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a global grouping of airlines.

    Digi Yatra Foundation, a not-for-profit company, is the nodal body for DigiYatra.

    The foundation’s shareholders are Airport Authority of India (AAI), Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (HIAL) and Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL).

  • Balvinder Kataria Caught Smoking Cigarette in Dubai-New Delhi Flight; Jyotiraditya Scindia Says ‘No Tolerance Towards Such Hazardous Behaviour’ (Watch Viral Video)

    In a video going viral on social media, a man named Balvinder Kataria can be seen smoking a cigarette while lying on the seat in an airplane full of passengers. After the video went viral, many felt that this small mistake could have put the lives of hundreds of passengers on the flight in danger. Responding to the issue, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that such hazardous behaviour cannot be tolerated and the matter is being investigated.

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  • Drone Manufacturing Industry Expected To Generate Over 10,000 Direct Jobs, Likely to be Rs 900 Cr Industry by FY 2023-24, Says Jyotiraditya Scindia

    New Delhi, September 16: Taking another step towards realising our collective vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the Central Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for drones and drone components on September 15, 2021. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, apprised the media about the important features of the PLI Scheme in a press conference today.

    Scindia said that under the PLI scheme, incentives of Rs. 120 crore will be given in the next 3 years. This amount is 1.5 times the combined size of the manufacturing drone sector. Over a period of three years, an estimated investment worth Rs 5,000 Crore for manufacturing sector drones will be done which in turn will bring a turnover of Rs 900 crore, and 10,000 job opportunities will be created. Draft Drone Rules 2021 Released By Ministry of Civil Aviation Inviting Public Comments Till August 5.

    Scindia further added that our objective is to establish India as a global drone hub by 2030 and the Ministry of Civil Aviation is committed to facilitating industry, service delivery, and consumers in achieving the aforesaid target.

    Top 15 Features of the PLI Scheme for Drones, 2021

    1. The total amount allocated for the PLI scheme for drones and drone components is INR 120 crore spread over three financial years.  This amount is nearly double the combined turnover of all domestic drone manufacturers in FY 2020-21.
    2. The incentive for a manufacturer of drones and drone components shall be as high as 20% of the value addition made by her.
    3. The value addition shall be calculated as the annual sales revenue from drones and drone components (net of GST) minus the purchase cost (net of GST) of drone and drone components.
    4. The Government has agreed to keep the PLI rate constant at 20% for all three years, an exceptional treatment given only to the drone industry.  In PLI schemes for other sectors, the PLI rate reduces every year.
    5. The proposed tenure of the PLI scheme is three years starting in FY 2021-22.  The PLI scheme will be extended or redrafted after studying its impact in consultation with the industry.
    6. The Government has agreed to fix the minimum value addition norm at 40% of net sales for drones and drone components instead of 50%, another exceptional treatment given to the drone industry.  This will allow widening the number of beneficiaries.
    7. The PLI scheme covers a wide variety of drone components:
      1. Airframe, propulsion systems(engine and electric), power systems, batteries and associated components, launch and recovery systems;
      2. Inertial Measurement Unit, Inertial Navigation System, flight control module, ground control station and associated components;
      3. Communications systems (radiofrequency, transponders, satellite-based etc.)
      4. Cameras, sensors, spraying systems and related payload etc.;
      5. ‘Detect and Avoid’ system, emergency recovery system, trackers etc. and other components critical for safety and security.
    8. The list of eligible components may be expanded by the Government from time to time, as drone technology evolves.
    9. The Government has agreed to widen the coverage of the incentive scheme to include developers of drone-related IT products also.
    10. The Government has kept the eligibility norm for MSME and startups in terms of annual sales turnover at a nominal level – INR 2 cr (for drones) and INR 50 lakhs (for drone components).  This will allow widening the number of beneficiaries.
    11. Eligibility norm for non-MSME companies in terms of annual sales turnover has been kept at INR 4 crore (for drones) and INR 1 crore (for drone components).
    12. The incentive payable to a manufacturer of drones and drone components shall be simply one-fifth of her value addition
    13. PLI for a manufacturer shall be capped at 25% of the total annual outlay. This will allow widening the number of beneficiaries.
    14. In case a manufacturer fails to meet the threshold for the eligible value addition for a particular financial year, she will be allowed to claim the lost incentive in the subsequent year if she makes up the shortfall in the subsequent year.
    15. The estimated payout schedule is as shown below:

    Drones offer tremendous benefits to almost all sectors of the economy.  These include– agriculture, mining, infrastructure, surveillance, emergency response, transportation, geo-spatial mapping, defense, and law enforcement to name a few.  Drones can be significant creators of employment and economic growth due to their reach, versatility, and ease of use, especially in India’s remote and inaccessible areas. PLI Scheme for Auto Sector and Drone Industries: PM Narendra Modi Govt Approves Rs 26,000 Crore To Boost Production.

    Given its traditional strengths in innovation, information technology, frugal engineering and its huge domestic demand, India has the potential of becoming a global drone hub by 2030. The PLI scheme comes as a follow-through of the liberalisedDrone Rules, 2021 released by the Central Government on 25 August 2021.  The PLI scheme and new drone rules are intended to catalyse super-normal growth in the upcoming drone sector.

    Likely Impact of recent Drone Initiatives

    Thanks to the new rules and the incentive scheme, the drones and drone components manufacturing industry may see an investment of over INR 5,000 crore over the next three years.  The annual sales turnover of the drone manufacturing industry may grow from INR 60 crore in 2020-21 fold to over INR 900 crore in FY 2023-24.  The drone manufacturing industry is expected to generate over 10,000 direct jobs over the next three years.

    The drone services industry (operations, logistics, data processing, traffic management etc.) is far bigger in scale.  It is expected to grow to over INR 30,000 crore in the next three years. The drone services industry is expected to generate over five lakh jobs in three years.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Sep 16, 2021 05:07 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Parliament proceedings | Jyotiraditya Scindia’s return on Rahul Gandhi’s comment

    Parliament proceedings | Jyotiraditya Scindia’s return on Rahul Gandhi’s comment

    Mr. Gandhi had said that Mr. Scindia would never be made CM by the BJP, and now he would be a backbencher.

    BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia retaliated on Tuesday on former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s remarks that Mr Scindia would never be made chief minister by the BJP and would now be a backbencher.

    He said, ‘I talk about Rahul’s concernYes It is expressed when I was in Congress. I would not say anything more than this.

    Mr. Gandhi made this remark while addressing the National Executive of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) in the capital on Monday. “He [Mr. Scindia] He would have become the Chief Minister, who used to be with the Congress, but has lagged behind in the BJP. He could work with activists to strengthen the organization. I told him that “one day you will become the Chief Minister” but he chose another way, “a source quoted Mr. Gandhi as saying. He said, “Write it down, he will never become Chief Minister.” He appealed to the members of the IYC to try tirelessly, “whoever comes to the party or whoever leaves”.

    The fall of Kamal Nath-led government

    Last March, Mr. Scindia entered the BJP from the Congress, along with 22 of his supporters, who were MLAs in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, led to the downfall of the Kamal Nath-led government.

    Both Mr. Scindia and Mr. Gandhi were considered close friends at one time, carefully avoiding sharp words against each other.

    While the BJP leader refused to comment on Gandhism, the Congress leader only said that [Mr Scindia] He was not given such an honor in the Congress.

    The Congress’ choice of chief ministers after winning assembly elections in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in December 2018, mirrored the party’s old patron versus the young Turk Dal.

    Although Mr. Gandhi was the party president, Mr. Scindia and his chief ministerial preference for Sachin Pilot for Rajasthan were “vetoed” by senior leaders with the support of his mother and incumbent Congress chief, Sonia Gandhi.

    Wary of the politics of the background of the time, Pankaj Chaturvedi, a former Congress spokesperson in Madhya Pradesh and a Scindia loyalist, lashed out at Mr. Gandhi. “Rahul ji, you already have these 3 options. Who can be the Chief Minister @SachinPilot in rajasthan @TS_SinghDeo ji in Chhattisgarh and @sherryontopp in Punjab. @RahulGandhi sir when doing this, ”he tweeted.

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