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India's no-fly list: Soon furnish PAN, Aadhaar to book domestic air tickets

Misbehaviour on flights could get you on a soon-to-be-announced no-fly list

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Soon you will have to provide some proof of your identity, through your Aadhaar number, PAN card, passport or driving license number, at the time of booking an airline ticket itself for domestic routes, reported The Times of India on Friday.

"We will make providing some government I-card at (the time of) booking or linking a PNR to an identity proof mandatory and this will enable us to track travellers...," the national daily quoted a source as saying. According to the source, such a system would lead to an Indian version of a "no-fly list".  

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