Ministry of External Affairs

Opening of New Passport Seva Kendras

Posted On: 19 JUL 2017 6:21PM by PIB Delhi

There are 91 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) and 55 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) working as on 15 July, 2017.  There are 38 Passport Offices functioning in the country.  List of  Passport Offices is at Annexure-I,  list of Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) is at Annexure-II, list of POPSK functional as on 15 July, 2017 is at Annexure-III and list of POPSK announced in Phase-I and not yet functional is at Annexure-IV. 

There will be 93 PSK and 235 POPSK after the operationalisation of all the POPSK announced in Phases I and II and the PSK at Siliguri (West Bengal) and Solapur (Maharashtra) following which there will be 328 Passport Seva Kendras in the country. The Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Posts (DOP) have decided to utilize the Head Post Offices (HPO) in the various States as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivering passport related services to the citizens of the country. The Government intends to open POPSK in the HPO in the country in such a manner that there is a Passport Seva Kendra available within a radius of 50 km of every HPO.

  The Government has announced on 17 June, 2017 the opening of 149 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) in Phase-II.  The list is at Annexure-V.  The Ministry intends to complete the requisite formalities like preparation of sites, procurement of IT and non-IT equipment for setting up of these POPSK at the earliest.

             In the recent years, the Ministry has made many quantitative and qualitative improvements in the delivery of passport services in the country. With the implementation of the Passport Seva Project in partnership with its Service Provider M/s TCS, the Ministry has been providing quality service to the people from the Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) established with best in class amenities across the country in PPP mode. Under this system, the applicants are required to apply for their passports online, upload relevant documents, make the payment online through debit/credit card or SBI net-banking/SBI Challan, schedule an appointment and then visit the designated Passport Seva Kendra (PSK). A user friendly portal has been made available. When an applicant visits the PSK, an Electronic Queue Management System (EQMS) working on the principle of First-in First-out is available at all PSKs to monitor the flow of applicants. The applicants can track the status of their applications themselves through portal and also SMS services. In the current system of passport issuance, there is no manual intervention at any stage, and the complete process is digitally flown with re-engineered process through a single visit clearance.

 

 

 

ANNEXURE-I

 

STATE/UT-WISE   LIST OF PASSPORT OFFICES

 

S. No.

State/UT

 

Location of Passport Offices

1.

Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada

2.

Arunachal Pradesh*

-

3.

Assam*

Guwahati*

4.

Bihar

Patna

5.

Chhattisgarh

Raipur

6.

Goa

Panaji

7.

Gujarat

Ahmedabad+, Surat.

8.

Haryana

--

9.

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla

10.

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Srinagar

11.

Jharkhand

Ranchi

12.

Karnataka

Bangalore

13.

Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin,Kozhikode, Malappuram.

14.

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

15.

Maharashtra

Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Thane.

16.

Manipur*

-

17.

Meghalaya*

-

18.

Mizoram*

-

19.

Nagaland*

-

20.

Odisha

Bhubaneswar

21.

Punjab

Amritsar, Jalandhar.

22.

Rajasthan

Jaipur

23.

Sikkim@

-

24.

Tamil Nadu

Chennai,Trichy,Madurai,

Coimbatore.

25.

Telangana

Hyderabad

26.

Tripura@

-

27.

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow,Bareilly, Ghaziabad.

28.

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

29.

West Bengal@

Kolkata                                           

30.

Chandigarh UT**

Chandigarh

31.

Delhi NCT***

Delhi

 

Total

38

 

*  RPO Guwahati covers  Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya & Nagaland.

**RPO Chandigarh covers parts of Punjab and Haryana

***RPO Delhi covers parts of Haryana

@RPO Kolkata covers Sikkim and Tripura.

N.B.: RPO, Mumbai has jurisdiction over Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli ;

 +RPO Ahmedabad has jurisdiction over Diu;

RPO Chennai has jurisdiction over Puducherry

RPO Cochin has jurisdiction over Lakshadweep Islands.

Andaman & Nicobar Administration also acts as Passport Issuing Authority and liaises with RPO Kolkata.

ANNEXURE-II

List of  Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs)

Sl.No.

State/UT

Passport Office

Number of PSKs

1

Andhra Pradesh

Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada

3

2

Arunachal Pradesh

Guwahati

1

3

Assam

Guwahati

1

4

Bihar

Patna

2

5

Chandigarh(UT)

Chandigarh

2

6

Chhattisgarh

Raipur

1

7

Delhi (NCT)

Delhi

4

8

Goa

Panaji

1

9

Gujarat

Ahmedabad

4

Surat

1

10

Haryana

Chandigarh

1

11

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla

1

12

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu

1

Srinagar

1

13

Jharkhand

Ranchi

1

14

Karnataka

Bangalore

5

15

Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram

3

Cochin

5

Kozhikode

4

Malappuram

1

16

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

2

17

Maharashtra

Mumbai

3

Pune

1

Nagpur

1

Thane

2

18

Manipur

Guwahati

1

19

Mizoram

Guwahati

1

20

Meghalaya

Guwahati

1

21

Nagaland

Guwahati

1

22

Odisha

Bhubaneswar

1

23

Punjab

Amritsar

1

Jalandhar

3

24

Puducherry

Chennai

1

25

Rajasthan

Jaipur

4

26

Sikkim

Kolkata

1

27

Tamilnadu

Chennai

3

Trichy

2

Madurai

2

Coimbatore

1

28

Telangana

Hyderabad

6

29

Tripura

Kolkata

1

30

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow

4

Bareilly

1

Ghaziabad

1

31

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

1

32

West Bengal

Kolkata

2

 

 

Total

91

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ANNEXURE – III

 

List of functional POPSKs

S.No.

State/UT

Locations

S.No.

State/UT

Locations

1

Andhra Pradesh

Kadappa

29

Madhya Pradesh

Satna

2

Andhra Pradesh

Kurnool

30

Madhya Pradesh

Jabalpur

3

Andhra Pradesh

Nellore

31

Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior

4

Assam

Silchar

32

Maharastra

Kolhapur

5

Bihar

Muzaffarpur

33

Maharastra

Aurangabad

6

Bihar

Purnea

34

Maharastra

Pimpri Chinchwad

7

Bihar

Bhagalpur

35

Odisha

Rourkela

8

Bihar

Siwan

36

Odisha

Sambalpur

9

Bihar

Bettiah

37

Odisha

Koraput

10

Chattisgarh

Surguja

38

Rajasthan

Kota

11

Dadar & Nagar Haveli

Silvasa

39

Rajasthan

Bikaner

12

Daman

Daman

40

Rajasthan

Jhunjhunu

13

Gujarat

Dahod

41

Rajasthan

Jaisalmer

14

Gujarat

Palanpur

42

Rajasthan

Jhalawar

15

Gujarat

Bhuj

43

Tamil Nadu

Salem

16

Haryana

Karnal

44

Tamil Nadu

Vellore

17

Haryana

Hisar

45

Telangana

Mehbubnagar

18

Haryana

Faridabad

46

Telangana

Warangal

19

Himachal Pradesh

Palampur

47

Uttar Pradesh

Jhansi

20

Himachal Pradesh

Hamirpur

48

Uttar Pradesh

Pilibhit

21

Jammu & Kashmir

Udhampur

49

Uttar Pradesh

Ghazipur

22

Jharkhand

Jamshedpur

50

Uttar Pradesh

Ayodhya/ Faizabad

23

Jharkhand

Deoghar

51

Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad

24

Karnataka

Mysuru

52

West Bengal

Asansol

25

Kerala

Pathanamthitta

53

West Bengal

Raiganj

26

Kerala

Kasargod

54

West Bengal

Beadon Street

27

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

55

West Bengal

Krishnanagar

28

Madhya Pradesh

Vidisha

 

 

 

 

*****

 

 

ANNEXURE-IV

 

List of POPSK of Phase-I not yet functional

S.No.

State/UT

Locations

1

Bihar

Gopalganj

2

Delhi

Janak Puri

3

Delhi

Nehru Place   

4

Delhi

North West DelhI

5

Delhi

Patparganj        

6

Delhi

Yamuna Vihar

7

Goa

South Goa

8

In place of Diu

Veraval

9

Jammu & Kashmir

Leh

10

Jharkhand

Dhanbad

11

Karnataka

Belagavi

12

Karnataka

Devangere

13

Karnataka

Hassan

14

Maharastra

Beed

15

Maharastra

Ghatkopar

16

Maharastra

Jalgaon

17

Maharastra

Mumbai North Central

18

Maharastra

Mumbai South Central

19

Punjab

Bathinda

20

Punjab

Gurdaspur

21

Punjab

Patiala

22

Uttar Pradesh

Agra

23

Uttar Pradesh

Bijnaur

24

Uttar Pradesh

GautamBudh Nagar

25

Uttar Pradesh

Mathura

26

Uttar Pradesh

Meerut

27

Uttar Pradesh

Sultanpur

28

Uttar Pradesh

Deoria

29

Uttarakhand

Almora

30

Uttarakhand

Haldwani

31

Uttarakhand

Nainital

 

*****

 

 

ANNEXURE –V

 

STATE-WISE LIST OF POPSK – PHASE II

 

S.No.

State/UT

Place

Total number of POPSK to be  opened - Phase II

1

Andhra Pradesh

Anantpur, Chitoor, Guntur, Krishna, Ongole, Rajamundry, Srikakulam

7

2

Arunachal Pradesh

Changlang, Tirap 

2

3

Assam

Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Karbi Anglong, Kokrajhar, Mangaldoi, North Lakhim Pur, Sonitpur, Tinsukia.

9

4

Bihar

Begusarai, Buxar, East Champaran, Gaya, Madhubani, Samastipur, Supaul, Munger, Navada.   

9

5

Chattisgarh

Durg, Rajnandgaon  

2

6

Gujarat

Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagarh, Kheda, Navsari, Valsad.                     

8

7

Haryana

Bhiwani, Kaithal, Narnaul, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonipat, Yamunanagar.   

7

8

Himachal

Pradesh

Kangra, Mandi, Una.                   

3

9

J & K

Anantnag, Baramula, Kathua.

3

10

Jharkhand

Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Medininagar.

3

11

Karnataka

Bellary, Bidar, Raichur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Udipi, Vijayapur.  

7

12

Kerala

Chengannur, Idukki  

2

13

Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat, Chhindwara, Dewas, Hoshangabad, Sehore, Sidhi, Ujjain, Betul, Shivni.

9

14

Maharashtra

Ahmednagar, Jalna, Latur, Pandharpur, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Wardha, Navi Mumbai, Dombivali, Panvel, Nanded. 

11

15

Meghalaya

Baghmara, Tura

2

16

Odisha

Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhawanipatna (Kalahandi).  

3

17

Punjab

Moga,Sangrur, Tarn Taran, SBS Nagar (Nawan Shahar), Phagwara                     

5

18

Puducherry

Karaikal

1

19

Rajasthan

Ajmer, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Karauli-Dhaulpur, Nagaur, Sriganganagar, Alwar, Chittorgarh, Banswara, Pali.

11

20

Tamilnadu

Cuddalore, Dindigul, Namakkal, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Tiruppur, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar, Kanyakumari(N).                  

11

21

Telangana

Adilabad, Medak, Khammam, Siddipet, Nalgonda.,                 

5

22

Uttarakhand

Pauri, Roorkee, Rudrapur.   

3

23

Uttar Pradesh

Aligarh, Amethi, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Barabanki, Basti, Gonda, Jaunpur, Kushinagar, Mau,  Sitapur, Muradabad, Pratapgarh, Rae Bareli, Rampur, Saharanpur, Unnao.                   

19

24

West Bengal

Bardhman, Barrackpore, Darjeeling, Malda.

4

25

Delhi

Krishna Nagar, Lodhi Road, Saket

3

   

Total

149

 

 

This information was given by Shri. M. J. Akbar, the Minister of State for External Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

 

YSK/MI

 

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