Lok Sabha Question No. 687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Passport through Post-Office
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, RODMAL NAGAR, JANARDAN MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.687 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## PASSPORT THROUGH POST-OFFICE

† 687. SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV: SHRI NAGAR RODMAL: SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  post-offices  where  passport  service  centres have been opened in the country till date, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up passport service centres in rural areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of passport service centres set up in post-offices in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI M. J. AKBAR)

(a)  55  Post  Office  Passport  Seva  Kendras  (POPSK)  out  of  the  86 announced in Phase-I have been opened as on 15 July, 2017 as per Annexure-I.  The  list  of  POPSK  announced  in  Phase-I  and  not  yet functional is at Annexure-II.

(b) 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-III. 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.

- (c) This is at Annexure-I, II and III.

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## List of Functional POPSKs

| S.No.   | State/UT                | Locations                  |
|---------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          | Kadappa                    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh          | Kurnool                    |
| 3       | Andhra Pradesh          | Nellore                    |
| 4       | Assam                   | Silchar                    |
| 5       | Bihar                   | Muzaffarpur                |
| 6       | Bihar                   | Purnea                     |
| 7       | Bihar                   | Bhagalpur                  |
| 8       | Bihar                   | Siwan                      |
| 9       | Bihar                   | Bettiah                    |
| 10      | Chattisgarh             | Surguja                    |
| 11      | Dadar &Nagar Haveli     | Silvasa                    |
| 12      | Daman                   | Daman                      |
| 13      | Gujarat                 | Dahod                      |
| 14      | Gujarat                 | Palanpur                   |
| 15      | Gujarat                 | Bhuj                       |
| 16      | Haryana                 | Karnal                     |
| 17      | Haryana                 | Hisar                      |
| 18      | Haryana                 | Faridabad                  |
| 19      | Himachal Pradesh        | Palampur                   |
| 20      | Himachal Pradesh        | Hamirpur                   |
| 21      | Jammu &Kashmir          | Udhampur                   |
| 22      | Jharkhand               | Jamshedpur                 |
| 23      | Jharkhand               | Deoghar                    |
| 24      | Karnataka               | Mysuru                     |
| 25      | Kerala                  | Pathanamthitta             |
| 26      | Kerala                  | Kasargod                   |
| 27      | Lakshadweep             | Kavaratti                  |
| 28      | Madhya Pradesh          | Vidisha                    |
| 29      | Madhya Pradesh          | Satna                      |
| 30      | Madhya Pradesh          | Jabalpur                   |
| 31      | Madhya Pradesh          | Gwalior                    |
| 32      | Maharastra              | Kolhapur                   |
| 33      | Maharastra              | Aurangabad                 |
| 34      | Maharastra              | Pimpri Chinchwad           |
| 35      | Odisha                  | Rourkela                   |
| 36      | Odisha                  |                            |
|         |                         | Sambalpur                  |
| 38      | Rajasthan               | Kota                       |
| 39      | Rajasthan               | Bikaner                    |
| 40      | Rajasthan               | Jhunjhunu                  |
| 41      | Rajasthan               | Jaisalmer                  |
| 42      | Rajasthan               | Jhalawar                   |
| 43      | Tamil Nadu              | Salem                      |
| 45      | Telangana               | Mehbubnagar                |
| 46      | Telangana               | Warangal                   |
| 47      |                         | Jhansi                     |
| 48      | Uttar Pradesh           | Pilibhit                   |
|         | Uttar Pradesh           |                            |
| 49      | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghazipur Ayodhya/ Faizabad |
| 50 51   | Uttar Pradesh           | Allahabad                  |
|         | Uttar Pradesh           |                            |
| 52      | West Bengal West Bengal | Asansol Raiganj            |
| 53 54   | West Bengal             | Beadon Street              |
| 55      | West Bengal             | Krishnanagar               |

| List of POPSK of Phase-I not yet functional   | List of POPSK of Phase-I not yet functional   | 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                                      |

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## 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 |