External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that 28 airports and five seaports across the country have been designated as being eligible to process e-visas facilities."Today e visa is fairly recent and started a few years ago. But it covers 169 countries. We give e-visas under five different categories initially it began with tourists and we are expanding it," Jaishankar said non-resident Indians (NRIs) in London through video conferencing on the occasion of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here."We also expanded airports in India where you can land with e visa. Today 28 Indian airports and 5 Indian seaports have been designated as being eligible to process e-visas," the diplomat said in response to a question on the recent work done to ease the e-visa facilities.The minister further stressed that the government has also expanded the spectrum of e-visas through which people can avail it for a short term as well as long duration."They can also get visas simple. I am glad to know ...
