CISF makes carrying of Aadhar Card compulsory for airport staffers from January 1

aadhar card compulsary carry on 1st january 2017 at airport

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is responsible for the security at the airport, has issued these new guidelines.

In an effort to boost security, the airport employees across the country will have to carry Aadhaar cards to work along with their airport entry pass (AEP), from January 1.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is responsible for the security at the airport, has issued these new guidelines.

This comes in the backdrop of series of meetings between the BCAS and CISF, where discussions were held to plug in any possible loopholes.

Employees working at the airports are issued AEP every year:

1. This POS is used extensively by private, contractual, government employees but this is mostly a concern with private employees that Aadhar card is seen as essential and robust part of security system.

2. Sources said, in view of the cases of forged AEPs, the security agencies have asked the staff to carry Aadhaar cards as well.

3. "Since, almost every citizen now has an Aadhaar card, we will make it mandatory for them to carry it. Besides the Aadhar also has biometric details of the individual. This will be an additional security feature," DG CISF OP Singh told India today.

4. The CISF is responsible for security at the airports while the BCAS frames security rules.

5. There have been some cases where fake AEPs were detected.

6. In a recent case, a private employee with AEP was caught in a case involving money.

7. The CISF officials privy to the meeting said that it is a belief now that most people possess an Aadhar card and even in case of frauds, the onus will lie with the individual and there is possibility of immediate detection, so the suggestion by the guarding forces was accepted and has been communicated to all regional directors of the BCAS in the country.

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