AAI gets approval from PIB to install full-body scanners at 4 airports
According to officials, after an evaluation of the success of full-body scanners at these four airports, the facility will be extended to other airports in due course.
This is the first time that PIB has been tasked with verifying circulation of newspapers, the source said, adding that there was a long list of pending applications from newspapers which had applied for verification of their circulation.
The source said the decision may have been taken considering shortage of manpower in RNI to timely process the applications.
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The RNI, however, would continue to issue registration certificate, the source said, adding RNI personnel would also hand-hold the PIB officers in conducting the verification.
Another source confirmed the development, saying the ministry’s decision is an “administrative arrangement” after taking into “consideration all the pros and cons”.
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