India, March 25 -- The Union cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved Rs.1,800 crore for continuing the Immigration, Visa, Foreigners Registration & Tracking (IVFRT) project beyond March 31, for another five years.

IVFRT, operational since 2010, assists immigration officers, interlinks all functions related to immigration, visa issuance and registration of foreigners in India.

The identity of travellers is authenticated at the Indian missions abroad, Immigration Check Posts (ICPs) and Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs), and information such as hotel form, student form, arrival/departure data is stored in the IVFRT database.

Notably, the immigration authorities were able to locate the recently arre...