Bureau of Immigration post calls Air Suvidha ‘Air Savita’, sparks jokes
New Delhi: Questions are again being raised on social media over the functioning of government departments. This time the matter is linked to the official social media account of the Bureau of Immigration, where, while informing passengers about the ‘Air Suvidha’ portal, its name was allegedly written as ‘Air Savita’. After this spelling error in the post, social media users began mocking it and questioned the quality of government communication.
The bureau had reminded passengers arriving in India from abroad about the requirement to fill the Air Suvidha self-declaration form. In the post, passengers were urged to submit the online health declaration form before starting their journey. In this information, the error of writing ‘Air Savita’ instead of ‘Air Suvidha’ came to light. Users shared the error and raised questions over the department’s language and fact-checking process.
The Air Suvidha 2.0 portal is being used to collect health-related information from international passengers and for public health monitoring. Under government health-related instructions, international passengers arriving in India have to fill the self-declaration form as per the prescribed process.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has also clarified to passengers that the Air Suvidha 2.0 service is free of charge and that only the official government portal should be used for it. The small error in the social media post has again brought the need for caution and credibility in government digital communication into discussion.
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