Govt may introduce full-body scanner at airports

New Delhi: Full-body scanner at airports is likely to be introduced in India subject to government's approval. This along with a slew of measures to beef up security at airports are now being studied by a committee set up by the Civil Aviation Ministry.
The proposals would be put forth before the Union Home Ministry after which the Cabinet Committee on Security would take a final decision. Restructuring of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is among the entire gamut of activities relating to aviation security which would come up for review.
Disclosing this while inaugurating a two-day Regional Aviation Security Conference here, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said: “The need to introduce this technology is being felt in India. Some experimentation is being carried out in Delhi”.
Stressing caution, Ravi said: “Several issues, including medical and privacy, have to be sorted out. There are also questions relating to efficacy and efficiency of these equipment. We will have to be careful before taking any decision. All aspects have to be carefully considered,” he said, adding that “nothing has been finalised so far.”
In this context, the US government is bringing a law to forbid the posting of an airline passenger's full-body body scanner image on the internet.
14/02/11 Deccan Herald

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Categories: Airports Feb 2011