New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- New Delhi: Taking a cue from the US, China, and Singapore, India plans to develop a radio-frequency identification or RFID-based tracking and monitoring system for school buses to ensure child safety, said two people directly involved in the process.

To let parents and school authorities track children in real time, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is developing a model to ensure safer travel for schoolchildren across the country, the first of the two people cited above told Mint.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs plans to conduct a research project through the BIS to create a standardized, IoT-based intelligent transport system model to ensure safer travel for schoolchildren across the country, said the second p...