Lok Sabha Question No. 3038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Passport and Aadhaar Enrolment Services through Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3038 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  MARCH, 2018

## PASSPORT AND AADHAAR ENROLMENT SERVICES THROUGH POST OFFICES

## 3038. SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is providing passport services through post offices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  Aadhaar  enrolment-cum-Aadhaar updation centres in post offices;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) whether the postal staff has been trained in this direction and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) The details are placed at Annexure-I
- (c) Yes Madam,  Aadhaar enrolment-cum- updation centres are proposed to be set up at selected post offices;
- (d) The details are placed at Annexure-II
- (e) The details are placed at Annexure-III

## Annexure-I

## State/ UT wise list of Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) opened till 05.03.2018

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT     |   Sl. No. | Location         | Name of Post Office   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |         1 | Cuddapah         | Cuddapah HO           |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |         2 | Kurnool          | Kurnool HO            |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |         3 | Nellore          | Nellore HO            |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |         4 | Anantpur         | Anantpur              |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |         5 | Chitoor          | Chitoor               |
|         2 | Assam                |         6 | Silchar          | Silchar               |
|         2 | Assam                |         7 | Dibrugarh        | Dibrugarh             |
|         2 | Assam                |         8 | Mangaldoi        | Mangaldoi PO          |
|         3 | Bihar                |         9 | Purnia           | Purnea HO             |
|         3 | Bihar                |        10 | Bettiah          | Bettiah HO            |
|         3 | Bihar                |        11 | Muzaffarpur      | Muzaffarpur HO        |
|         3 | Bihar                |        12 | Bhagalpur        | Bhagalpur HO          |
|         3 | Bihar                |        13 | Siwan            | Siwan HO              |
|         3 | Bihar                |        14 | Buxar            | Buxar                 |
|         3 | Bihar                |        15 | Chhapra          | Chhapra               |
|         3 | Bihar                |        16 | East Champaran   | Motihari HO           |
|         3 | Bihar                |        17 | Gaya             | Gaya HO               |
|         3 | Bihar                |        18 | Samastipur       | Samastipur            |
|         3 | Bihar                |        19 | Madhubani        | Madhubani             |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh         |        20 | Surguja          | Ambikapur HO          |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh         |        21 | Bilaspur         | Bilaspur              |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh         |        22 | Durg             | Durg                  |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh         |        23 | Rajnandgaon      | Rajnandgaon           |
|         5 | Dadar & Nagar Haveli |        24 | Silvasa          | Silvasa SO            |
|         6 | Daman                |        25 | Daman            | Daman MDG             |
|         7 | Delhi                |        26 | East Delhi       | Patparganj PO         |
|         7 | Delhi                |        27 | North East Delhi | Yamuna Vihar PO       |
|         7 | Delhi                |        28 | South Delhi      | Nehru Place PO        |
|         7 | Delhi                |        29 | West Delhi       | A-3 Janakpuri PO      |
|         8 | Gujarat              |        30 | Dahod            | Dahod HO              |
|         8 | Gujarat              |        31 | Bhuj             | Bhuj                  |
|         8 | Gujarat              |        32 | Palanpur         | Palanpur              |

|     |                  |   33. | Veraval        | Veraval MDG       |
|-----|------------------|-------|----------------|-------------------|
|     |                  |    34 | Anand          | Anand             |
|     |                  |    35 | Bharuch        | Bharuch HO        |
|     |                  |    36 | Bhavnagar      | Bhavnagar         |
|     |                  |    37 | Jamnagar       | Jamnagar          |
|     |                  |    38 | Junagarh       | Junagarh HO       |
|     |                  |    39 | Kheda          | Kheda             |
|     |                  |    40 | Mehsana        | Mehsana HO        |
|     |                  |    41 | Navsari        | Navsari           |
|     |                  |    42 | Valsad         | Valsad            |
| 9.  | Haryana          |    43 | Hisar          | Hisar HO          |
|     |                  |    44 | Karnal         | Karnal HO         |
|     |                  |    45 | Faridabad      | Faridabad HO      |
|     |                  |    46 | Panipat        | Panipat HO        |
|     |                  |    47 | Yamunanagar    | Yamunanagar HO    |
| 10. | Himachal Pradesh |    48 | Palampur       | Palampur HO       |
|     |                  |    49 | Hamirpur       | Hamirpur HO       |
|     |                  |    50 | Kangra         | Kangra HO         |
|     |                  |    51 | Kullu          | Kullu HO          |
|     |                  |    52 | Mandi          | Mandi HO          |
|     |                  |    53 | Una            | Una HO            |
| 11. | Jammu &          |    54 | Leh            | Leh City PO       |
|     | Kashmir          |    55 | Udhampur       | Udhampur HO       |
|     |                  |    56 | Anantnag       | Anantnag HO       |
|     |                  |    57 | Baramula       | Baramula          |
|     |                  |    58 | Kathua         | Kathua            |
|     |                  |    59 | Rajouri        | Rajouri           |
| 12. | Jharkhand        |    60 | Jamshedpur HO  | Jamshedpur HO     |
|     |                  |    61 | Deoghar        | Deoghar HO        |
|     |                  |    62 | Dhanbad        | Dhanbad           |
|     |                  |    63 | Bokaro         | Bokaro            |
|     |                  |    64 | Dumka          | Dumka             |
|     |                  |    65 | Hazaribagh     | Hazaribagh        |
| 13. | Karnataka        |    66 | Mysuru         | Metagili SO       |
|     |                  |    67 | Belagavi       | Belagavi          |
|     |                  |    68 | Devangere      | Devangere         |
|     |                  |    69 | Hassan         | Hassan            |
|     |                  |    70 | Bellary        | Bellary           |
|     |                  |    71 | Gadag          | Gadag             |
|     |                  |    72 | Shivamogga     | Shivamogga        |
|     |                  |    73 | Tumakuru       | Tumakuru          |
|     |                  |    74 | Udipi          | Udipi             |
|     |                  |    75 | Vijayapur      | Vijayapur         |
| 14. | Kerala           |    76 | Pathanamthitta | Pathanamthitta HO |
|     |                  |    77 | Kasargod       | PMs Quarters      |

|     |                |   78. | Chengannur       | Chengannur HO      |
|-----|----------------|-------|------------------|--------------------|
|     |                |    79 | Idukki           | Kattapana H O      |
| 15. | Lakshadweep    |    80 | Kavaratti        | Kavaratti MDG      |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh |    81 | Gwalior          | Lashkar HO         |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh |    82 | Satna            | Satna HO           |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh |    83 | Jabalpur         | Jabalpur HO        |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh |    84 | Vidisha          | Vidisha HO         |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh |    85 | Balaghat         | Balaghat           |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh |    86 | Dewas            | Dewas              |
| 17. | Maharashtra    |    87 | Aurangabad       | Aurangabad Cant HO |
| 17. | Maharashtra    |    88 | Kolhapur         | Kolhapur HO        |
| 17. | Maharashtra    |    89 | Pimpri Chinchwad | Pimpri PF SO       |
| 17. | Maharashtra    |    90 | Ghatkopar        | Kannamwar Nagar    |
| 17. | Maharashtra    |    91 | Wardha           | Wardha             |
| 18. | Odisha         |    92 | Rourkela         | Rourkela HO        |
| 18. | Odisha         |    93 | Koraput          | Koraput HO         |
| 18. | Odisha         |    94 | Sambalpur        | Sambalpur HO       |
| 18. | Odisha         |    95 | Balasore         | Balasore           |
| 18. | Odisha         |    96 | Baripada         | Baripada           |
| 18. | Odisha         |    97 | Berhampur        | Berhampur          |
| 18. | Odisha         |    98 | Bhawanipatna     | Bhawanipatna       |
| 19. | Punjab         |    99 | Bhatinda         | Bathinda HO        |
| 19. | Punjab         |   100 | Patiala          | Patiala HO         |
| 19. | Punjab         |   101 | Moga             | Moga               |
| 20. | Puduchery      |   102 | Puduchery        | Karaikal MDG       |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   103 | Kota HO          | Kota HO            |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   104 | Bikaner HO       | Bikaner HO         |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   105 | Jaisalmer HO     | Jaisalmer HO       |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   106 | Jhunjhunu        | Jhunjhunu ho       |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   107 | Jhalawar         | Jhalawar HO        |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   108 | Ajmer            | Ajmer              |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   109 | Barmer           | Barmer             |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   110 | Churu            | Churu              |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   111 | Hanumangarh      | Hanumangarh        |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   112 | Karauli-Dhaulpur | Karauli-Dhaulpur   |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   113 | Nagaur           | Nagaur             |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   114 | Sriganganagar    | Sriganganagar      |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   115 | Alwar            | Alwar              |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   116 | Chittorgarh      | Chittorgarh        |
| 21. | Rajasthan      |   117 | Pali             | Pali               |
| 22. | Tamilnadu      |   118 | Salem HO         | Salem HO           |

|     |               |   119. | Vellore HO         | Vellore HO        |
|-----|---------------|--------|--------------------|-------------------|
|     |               |    120 | Cuddalore          |                   |
|     |               |    121 | Tiruvannamalai     | Tiruvannamalai    |
|     |               |    122 | Viluppuram         |                   |
|     |               |    123 | Virudhunagar       |                   |
|     |               |    124 | Kanyakumari (N)    |                   |
| 23. | Telangana     |    125 | Mehbubnagar        | Mehbubnagar HO    |
|     |               |    126 | Warangal           | Warangal HO       |
|     |               |    127 | Adilabad           | Adilabad          |
|     |               |    128 | Khammam            | Khammam           |
|     |               |    129 | Siddipet           | Siddipet          |
|     |               |    130 | Nalgonda           | Nalgonda          |
| 24. | Uttarakhand   |    131 | Almora             | Almora HO         |
|     |               |    132 | Haldwani           | Kathgodam SO      |
|     |               |    133 | Nainital           | Nainital HO       |
|     |               |    134 | Roorkee            | Roorkee HO        |
|     |               |    135 | Rudrapur           | Rudrapur MDG      |
| 25. |               |    136 | Allahabad          | Allahabad HO      |
|     | Uttar Pradesh |    137 | Agra               | Agra Fort HO      |
|     |               |    138 | Ayodhya (Faizabad) | Faizabad HO       |
|     |               |    139 | Deoria             | Deoria HO         |
|     |               |    140 | Ghazipur           | Ghazipur HO       |
|     |               |    141 | Jhansi             | Jhansi HO         |
|     |               |    142 | Pilibhit           | Pilibhit HO       |
|     |               |    143 | Bijnore            | Bijnore           |
|     |               |    144 | Meerut             | Meerut            |
|     |               |    145 | Ballia             | Ballia            |
|     |               |    146 | Moradabad          | Moradabad HO      |
|     |               |    147 | Unnao              | Unnao             |
| 26. | West Bengal   |    148 | Asansol            | Asansol HO        |
|     |               |    149 | Nadia              | Krishnanagar HO   |
|     |               |    150 | North Dinajpur     | Raiganj MDG       |
|     |               |    151 | North Kolkata      | Beadon Street MDG |
|     |               |    152 | Bardhman           | Bardhman          |
|     |               |    153 | Malda              | Malda             |

## ANNEXURE-II

| Details of the proposed Aadhaar Enrolment cum Updation Centres   | Details of the proposed Aadhaar Enrolment cum Updation Centres      | Details of the proposed Aadhaar Enrolment cum Updation Centres                                |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No                                                            | Name of the Circle {Details of State(s)/UT(s) under each Circle}    | Proposed number of Post offices where Aadhaar Enrolment cum Updation Centres are to be set up |
| 1                                                                | AP (AP)                                                             | 585                                                                                           |
| 2                                                                | Assam (Assam)                                                       | 216                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                | Bihar (Bihar)                                                       | 582                                                                                           |
| 4                                                                | Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh)                                         | 161                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                | Delhi (Delhi)                                                       | 261                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                | Gujarat (Gujarat/ Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli)             | 878                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                | Haryana (Haryana)                                                   | 289                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                | HP (HP)                                                             | 254                                                                                           |
| 9                                                                | J & K (J & K)                                                       | 132                                                                                           |
| 10                                                               | Jharkhand (Jharkhand)                                               | 207                                                                                           |
| 11                                                               | Karnataka (Karnataka)                                               | 869                                                                                           |
| 12                                                               | Kerala (Kerala/Lakshadweep)                                         | 1088                                                                                          |
| 13                                                               | Maharashtra (Maharashtra/Goa)                                       | 1293                                                                                          |
| 14                                                               | MP (MP)                                                             | 478                                                                                           |
| 15                                                               | North East (Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh) | 122                                                                                           |
| 16                                                               | Odisha (Odisha)                                                     | 477                                                                                           |
| 17                                                               | Punjab (Punjab/Chandigarh)                                          | 503                                                                                           |
| 18                                                               | Rajasthan(Rajasthan)                                                | 614                                                                                           |
| 19                                                               | Tamilnadu(Tamilnadu/Puducherry)                                     | 1435                                                                                          |
| 20                                                               | Telangana (Telangana)                                               | 264                                                                                           |
| 21                                                               | UP (UP)                                                             | 1427                                                                                          |
| 22                                                               | Uttarakand (Uttarakhand)                                            | 214                                                                                           |
| 23                                                               | West Bengal(West Bengal, Sikkim/Andaman & Nicobar)                  | 1117                                                                                          |
| TOTAL                                                            | TOTAL                                                               | 13466 *                                                                                       |

## DETAILS OF THE TRAINING

| Sl no.   | Name of the Circle   |   Training No. of staff trained |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                            1734 |
| 2        | Assam                |                             648 |
| 3        | Bihar                |                            1622 |
| 4        | Chattisgarh          |                             357 |
| 5        | Delhi                |                             775 |
| 6        | Gujarat              |                            2386 |
| 7        | Haryana              |                             850 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh     |                             767 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir       |                             378 |
| 10       | Jharkhand            |                             414 |
| 11       | Karnataka            |                            2607 |
| 12       | Kerala               |                            3150 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh       |                            1825 |
| 14       | Maharashtra          |                            4521 |
| 15       | North East           |                             293 |
| 16       | Odisha               |                            1360 |
| 17       | Punjab               |                            1521 |
| 18       | Rajasthan            |                            2079 |
| 19       | Tamilnadu            |                            5497 |
| 20       | Telangana            |                            1176 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand          |                             509 |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh        |                            4245 |
| 23       | West Bengal          |                            2685 |
| Total    | Total                |                           41399 |

*****************