Lok Sabha Question No. 2065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: POPSK
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2065 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## POPSK

2065.     SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing any scheme, called Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK);
- (b) if so, the details thereof including its salient features;
- (c) whether the Government has any record regarding the number of POPSKs functioning in the country;
- (d) if so, the State-wise details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government is implementing any scheme to augment facilities in the POPSKs; and
- (f) if   so,   the   details   thereof   and   the   funds   allocated   for   the   above purpose for the last two years, year-wise and State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) & (b) Yes. The Ministry in association with the Department of Posts has decided to open 251 Passport Seva Kendras at the Head Post Offices (HPO)/ Post Offices (PO) in the country called 'Post Office Passport Seva Kendra' (POPSK). The list of these 251 POPSK is at Annexure-I .

The POPSK are functioning like the other existing 93 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK). The process of issuing passports has not changed after the opening of the POPSK. Applicants, who apply for their passports online through the passport portal, can schedule an appointment and then visit the designated POPSK to complete the formalities similar to those at the PSK   necessary   prior   to   the   issue   of   the   passport.   The   photographs, biometrics and the supporting documents would be electronically captured at the POPSK prior to the issue of the Passport.

- (c) & (d) Out of the 251 POPSK announced, 152 POPSK were functional as on 04 th  March, 2018 ( Annexure-II) .
- (e) POPSKs are to be opened in the Head Post Offices (HPO)/ Post Offices (PO) which are under the administrative control of the Department of Posts. The Government is providing facilities at the POPSK similar to any PSK operational in the country.

(f) The Department of Posts has provided the premises at the HPO/ PO for the opening of the POPSK. The Ministry has procured the necessary IT and non-IT equipment necessary for the functioning of the POPSK. The expenditure   for   these   procurements   is   met   out   of   the   'Information Technology' and 'Office Expenses' Budget Heads of the CPV Division. The funds allocated in BE and RE for Financial Years 2016-17 and 2017-18 are as follows:

(Rs. Crores)

*****

|                 | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Particulars     | BE        | RE        | BE        | RE        |
| Information     | 170.00    | 172.00    | 170.00    | 231.73    |
| Technology      |           |           |           |           |
| Office Expenses | 12.00     | 13.20     | 13.00     | 10.93     |

## LIST OF 251 POPSK IN THE COUNTRY

|   S.No. | Locations        | State/UT            | Passport Office   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Anantpur         | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       2 | Guntur           | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       3 | Krishna          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       4 | Ongole           | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       5 | Chitoor          | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
|       6 | Kakinada         | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       7 | Srikakulam       | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
|       8 | Kadappa          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       9 | Kurnool          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|      10 | Nellore          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|      11 | Rajamundry       | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|      12 | Changlang        | Arunachal Pradesh   | Guwahati          |
|      13 | Tirap            | Arunachal Pradesh   | Guwahati          |
|      14 | Silchar          | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      15 | Dhubri           | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      16 | Dibrugarh        | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      17 | Goalpara         | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      18 | Karbi Anglong    | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      19 | Kokrajhar        | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      20 | Mangaldoi        | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      21 | North Lakhimpur  | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      22 | Sonitpur         | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      23 | Tinsukia         | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      24 | Chhapra          | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      25 | Gopalganj        | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      26 | Muzaffarpur      | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      27 | Purnea           | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      28 | Bhagalpur        | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      29 | Siwan            | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      30 | Bettiah          | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      31 | Begusarai        | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      32 | Buxar            | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      33 | East Champaran   | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      34 | Gaya             | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      35 | Madhubani        | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      36 | Samastipur       | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      37 | Supaul           | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      38 | Munger           | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      39 | Navada           | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      40 | Surguja          | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      41 | Durg             | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      42 | Bilaspur         | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      43 | Rajnandgaon      | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      44 | Silvasa          | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | Mumbai            |
|      45 | Daman            | Daman               | Mumbai            |
|      46 | North West DelhI | Delhi               | Delhi             |
|      47 | Janak Puri Place | Delhi               | Delhi             |
|      48 | Nehru            | Delhi               | Delhi             |

## ANNEXURE-I

| 49.     | Patparganj    | Delhi               | Delhi               |
|---------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 50.     | Yamuna Vihar  | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 51.     | Krishna Nagar | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 52.     | Lodhi Road    | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 53.     | Saket         | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 54.     | South Goa     | Goa                 | Panaji              |
| 55.     | Dahod         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 56.     | Palanpur      | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 57.     | Mehsana       | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 58.     | Bhuj          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 59.     | Veraval       | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 60.     | Anand         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 61.     | Bharuch       | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 62.     | Bhavnagar     | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 63.     | Jamnagar      | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 64.     | Junagadh      | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 65.     | Kheda         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 66.     | Navsari       | Gujarat             | Surat               |
| 67.     | Valsad        | Gujarat             | Surat               |
| 68.     | Karnal        | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 69.     | Hisar         | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 70.     | Bhiwani       | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 71.     | Kaithal       | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 72.     | Panipat       | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 73.     | Yamunanagar   | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 74.     | Faridabad     | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 75.     | Narnaul       | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 76.     | Rohtak        | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 77.     | Sonipat       | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 78.     | Palampur      | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 79.     | Hamirpur      | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 80.     | Kangra        | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 81.     | Kullu         | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 82.     | Mandi         | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 83.     | Una           | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 84.     | Anantnag      | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 85.     | Baramulla     | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 86.     | Kathua        | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 87.     | Rajouri       | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 88.     | Udhampur      | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 89.     | Leh           | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 90.     | Dhanbad       | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 91.     | Dumka         | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 92.     | Jamshedpur    | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 93.     | Deoghar       | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 94.     | Bokaro        | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 95.     | Hazaribagh    | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 96.     | Medininagar   | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 97.     | Mysuru        | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 98. 99. | Bellary Bidar | Karnataka Karnataka | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
|         | Gadag         |                     |                     |
| 100.    |               | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |

|   101. | Raichur              | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|--------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|    102 | Shivamogga           | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|    103 | Tumakuru             | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|    104 | Udupi                | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|    105 | Vijayapur            | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|    106 | Belagavi             | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|    107 | Devangere            | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|    108 | Hassan               | Karnataka           | Bengaluru         |
|    109 | Chengannur           | Kerala              | Cochin            |
|    110 | Idukki               | Kerala              | Cochin            |
|    111 | Kasargod             | Kerala              | Kozhikode         |
|    112 | Pathanamthitta       | Kerala              | Trivandrum        |
|    113 | Kavaratti            | Lakshadweep         | Cochin            |
|    114 | Vidisha              | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    115 | Ratlam               | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    116 | Shivpuri             | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    117 | Jabalpur             | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    118 | Gwalior              | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    119 | Balaghat             | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    120 | Chhindwara           | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    121 | Dewas                | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    122 | Damoh                | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    123 | Hoshangabad          | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    124 | Sehore               | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    125 | Sidhi                | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    126 | Ujjain               | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    127 | Betul                | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    128 | Shivni               | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    129 | Satna                | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal            |
|    130 | Sindhudurg           | Maharashtra         | Mumbai            |
|    131 | Wardha               | Maharashtra         | Mumbai            |
|    132 | Jalna                | Maharashtra         | Nagpur            |
|    133 | Latur                | Maharashtra         | Nagpur            |
|    134 | Ahmednagar           | Maharashtra         | Pune              |
|    135 | Pandharpur           | Maharashtra         | Pune              |
|    136 | Sangli               | Maharashtra         | Pune              |
|    137 | Satara               | Maharashtra         | Pune              |
|    138 | Beed                 | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    139 | Mumbai North Central | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    140 | Mumbai South Central | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    141 | Ghatkopar            | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    142 | Aurangabad           | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    143 | Navi Mumbai          | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    144 | Dombivali            | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    145 | Panvel               | Maharastra          | Mumbai            |
|    146 | Nanded (N)           | Maharastra          | Nagpur            |
|    147 | Kolhapur             | Maharastra          | Pune              |
|    148 | Pimpri Chinchwad     | Maharastra          | Pune              |
|    149 | Jalgaon              | Maharastra          | Thane             |
|    150 | Baghmara             | Meghalaya Meghalaya | Guwahati Guwahati |
|    151 | Tura                 |                     |                   |
|    152 | Rourkela             | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar      |

| 153.      | Sambalpur                | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 154.      | Koraput                  | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
| 155.      | Balasore                 | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
| 156.      | Baripada                 | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
| 157.      | Berhampur (Ganjam)       | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
| 158.      | Bhawanipatna (Kalahandi) | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
| 159.      | Karaikal                 | Puducherry          | Chennai             |
| 160.      | Tarn Taran               | Punjab              | Amritsar            |
| 161.      | Patiala                  | Punjab              | Chandigarh          |
| 162.      | Bathinda                 | Punjab              | Chandigarh          |
| 163.      | Sangrur                  | Punjab              | Chandigarh          |
| 164.      | Gurdaspur                | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 165.      | Moga                     | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 166.      | SBS Nagar (Nawan Shahar) | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 167.      | Phagwara                 | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 168.      | Kota                     | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 169.      | Bikaner                  | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 170.      | Barmer                   | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 171.      | Jhunjhunu                | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 172.      | Jaisalmer                | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 173.      | Jhalawar                 | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 174.      | Ajmer                    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 175.      | Churu                    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 176.      | Dungarpur                | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 177.      | Hanumangarh              | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 178.      | Karauli-Dhaulpur         | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 179.      | Nagaur                   | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 180.      | Sriganganagar            | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 181.      | Alwar                    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 182.      | Chittorgarh              | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 183.      | Banswada                 | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 184.      | Pali                     | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 185.      | Vellore                  | Tamil Nadu          | Chennai             |
| 186.      | Salem                    | Tamil Nadu          | Coimbatore          |
| 187.      | Viluppuram               | Tamilnadu           | Chennai             |
| 188.      | Namakkal                 | Tamilnadu           | Coimbatore          |
| 189.      | Tiruppur                 | Tamilnadu           | Coimbatore          |
| 190.      | Tiruvannamalai           | Tamilnadu           | Chennai             |
| 191.      | Ramanathapuram           | Tamilnadu           | Maduai              |
| 192.      | Cuddalore                | Tamilnadu           | Madurai             |
| 193.      | Dindigul                 | Tamilnadu           | Madurai             |
| 194.      | Sivaganga                | Tamilnadu           | Madurai             |
| 195.      | Virudhunagar             | Tamilnadu           | Madurai             |
| 196.      | Kanyakumari (N)          | Tamilnadu           | Madurai             |
| 197.      | Perambalur               | Tamilnadu           | Tiruchirapalli      |
| 198.      | Pudukkottai              | Tamilnadu           | Tiruchirapalli      |
| 199.      | Mehbubnagar              | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |
| 200.      | Warangal                 | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |
| 201. 202. | Adilabad Medak           | Telangana Telangana | Hyderabad Hyderabad |
| 203.      | Khammam                  | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |

|   204. | Siddipet                      | Telangana     | Hyderabad   |
|--------|-------------------------------|---------------|-------------|
|    205 | Nalgonda                      | Telangana     | Hyderabad   |
|    206 | Bijnaur                       | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly    |
|    207 | Pilibhit                      | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly    |
|    208 | Moradabad                     | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly    |
|    209 | Rampur                        | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly    |
|    210 | Mathura                       | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad   |
|    211 | Meerut                        | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad   |
|    212 | Agra                          | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad   |
|    213 | GautamBudh Nagar              | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad   |
|    214 | Aligarh                       | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad   |
|    215 | Saharanpur                    | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad   |
|    216 | Allahabad                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    217 | Deoria                        | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    218 | Sultanpur                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    219 | Jhansi                        | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    220 | Ghazipur                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    221 | Mirzapur                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    222 | Ayodhya/ Faizabad             | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    223 | Amethi                        | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    224 | Azamgarh                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    225 | Bahraich                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    226 | Ballia                        | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    227 | Balrampur                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    228 | Barabanki                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    229 | Basti                         | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    230 | Gonda                         | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    231 | Jaunpur                       | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    232 | Kushi Nagar                   | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    233 | Mau                           | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    234 | Sitapur                       | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    235 | Pratapgarh                    | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    236 | RaeBareli                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    237 | Unnao                         | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|    238 | Almora                        | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|    239 | Haldwani/Kathgodam            | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|    240 | Nainital                      | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|    241 | Pauri                         | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|    242 | Roorkee                       | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|    243 | Rudrapur                      | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    |
|    244 | Nadia (Krishnanagar)          | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|    245 | North Kolkata (Beadon Street) | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|    246 | Asansol                       | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|    247 | Raiganj                       | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|    248 | Bardhman                      | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|    249 | Barrackpore                   | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|    250 | Darjeeling                    | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |
|    251 | Malda                         | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |

## ANNEXURE-II List of functional POPSK as on 04 th March, 2018

|   S.No. | Locations         | State/UT                 | Passport Office      |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Anantpur          | Andhra Pradesh           | Vijayawada           |
|       2 | Chittoor          | Andhra Pradesh           | Vijayawada           |
|       3 | Kadappa           | Andhra Pradesh           | Vishakhapatnam       |
|       4 | Kurnool           | Andhra Pradesh           | Vishakhapatnam       |
|       5 | Nellore           | Andhra Pradesh           | Vishakhapatnam       |
|       6 | Dibrugarh         | Assam                    | Guwahati             |
|       7 | Mangaldoi         | Assam                    | Guwahati             |
|       8 | Silchar           | Assam                    | Guwahati             |
|       9 | Buxar             | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      10 | Chhapra           | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      11 | East Champaran    | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      12 | Gaya              | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      13 | Madhubani         | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      14 | Muzaffarpur       | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      15 | Purnea            | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      16 | Bhagalpur         | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      17 | Samastipur        | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      18 | Siwan             | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      19 | Bettiah           | Bihar                    | Patna                |
|      20 | Bilaspur          | Chattisgarh              | Raipur               |
|      21 | Durg              | Chattisgarh              | Raipur               |
|      22 | Rajnandgaon       | Chattisgarh              | Raipur               |
|      23 | Surguja           | Chattisgarh              | Raipur               |
|      24 | Silvasa           | Dadar &Nagar Haveli      | Mumbai               |
|      25 | Daman             | Daman                    | Mumbai               |
|      26 | Janak Puri        | Delhi                    | Delhi                |
|      27 | Nehru Place       | Delhi                    | Delhi                |
|      28 | Patparganj        | Delhi                    | Delhi                |
|      29 | Yamuna Vihar      | Delhi                    | Delhi                |
|      30 | Anand             | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      31 | Bharuch           | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      32 | Dahod             | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      33 | Jamnagar          | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      34 | Junagadh          | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      35 | Kheda             | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      36 | Palanpur          | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      37 | Bhuj              | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      38 | Bhavnagar         | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      39 | Mehsana           | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad            |
|      40 | Navsari           | Gujarat                  | Surat                |
|      41 | Valsad            | Gujarat                  | Surat                |
|      42 |                   |                          |                      |
|      43 | Veraval Karnal    | Gujarat Haryana          | Ahmedabad Chandigarh |
|      44 | Hisar             | Haryana                  | Chandigarh           |
|      45 | Panipat           | Haryana                  | Chandigarh           |
|      46 | Faridabad         | Haryana                  | Delhi                |
|      47 | Yamunanagar Mandi | Haryana Himachal Pradesh | Chandigarh Shimla    |
|      48 |                   | Himachal                 |                      |
|      49 | Palampur          | Pradesh                  | Shimla               |

| 50     | Hamirpur            | Himachal Pradesh   | Shimla             |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 51     | Kangra              | Himachal Pradesh   | Shimla             |
| 52     | Kullu               | Himachal Pradesh   | Shimla             |
| 53     | Una                 | Himachal Pradesh   | Shimla             |
| 54     | Anantnag            | J&K                | Srinagar           |
| 55     | Baramulla           | J&K                | Srinagar           |
| 56     | Kathua              | J&K                | Jammu              |
| 57     | Rajouri             | J&K                | Jammu              |
| 58     | Udhampur            | Jammu &Kashmir     | Jammu              |
| 59     | Leh                 | Jammu &Kashmir     | Srinagar           |
| 60     | Bokaro              | Jharkhand          | Ranchi             |
| 61     | Hazaribagh          | Jharkhand          | Ranchi             |
| 62     | Jamshedpur          | Jharkhand          | Ranchi             |
| 63     | Deoghar             | Jharkhand          | Ranchi             |
| 64     | Dhanbad             | Jharkhand          | Ranchi             |
| 65     | Dumka               | Jharkhand          | Ranchi             |
| 66     | Belagavi            | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 67     | Bellary             | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 68     | Davangere           | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 69     | Gadag               | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 70     | Hassan              | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 71     | Mysuru              | Karnataka          | Bangalore          |
| 72     | Shivamogga          | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 73     | Tumakuru            | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 74     | Udupi               | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 75     | Vijayapur           | Karnataka          | Bengaluru          |
| 76     | Chengannur          | Kerala             | Cochin             |
| 77     | Idukki (Kattappana) | Kerala             | Cochin             |
| 78     | Pathanamthitta      | Kerala             | Trivandrum         |
| 79     | Kasargod            | Kerala             | Kozhikode          |
| 80     | Kavaratti           | Lakshadweep        | Cochin             |
| 81     | Balaghat            | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal             |
| 82     | Dewas               | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal             |
| 83     | Vidisha             | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal             |
| 84     | Satna               | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal             |
| 85     | Jabalpur            | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal             |
| 86     | Gwalior             | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal             |
| 87     | Kolhapur            | Maharashtra        | Pune               |
| 88     | Aurangabad          | Maharashtra        | Mumbai             |
| 89     | Ghatkopar/Vikhroli  | Maharashtra        | Mumbai             |
| 90     | Pimpri Chinchwad    | Maharashtra        | Pune               |
| 91     | Wardha              | Maharashtra        | Nagpur             |
| 92     | Balasore            | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar       |
| 93     | Baripada            | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar       |
| 94     | Berhampur           | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar       |
| 95     | Bhawanipatna        | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar       |
| 96     | Rourkela            | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar       |
| 97     | Sambalpur           | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar       |
| 98     | Koraput             | Odisha             | Bhubaneshwar       |
| 99 100 | Karaikal Bathinda   | Puducherry Punjab  | Chennai Chandigarh |
| 101    |                     | Punjab             |                    |
|        | Moga                |                    | Jalandhar          |

| 102     | Patiala                                            | Punjab                  | Chandigarh      |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
| 103     | Ajmer                                              | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 104     | Alwar                                              | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 105     | Barmer                                             | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 106     | Chittorgarh                                        | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 107     | Churu                                              | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 108     | Karauli-Dhaulpur                                   | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 109     | Kota                                               | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 110     | Bikaner                                            | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 111     | Hanumangarh                                        | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 112     | Jhunjhunu                                          | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 113     | Jaisalmer                                          | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 114     | Jhalawar                                           | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 115     | Nagaur                                             | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 116     | Pali                                               | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 117     | Sriganganagar                                      | Rajasthan               | Jaipur          |
| 118     | Cuddalore                                          | Tamilnadu               | Chennai         |
| 119     | Kanyakumari                                        | Tamilnadu               | Madurai         |
| 120     | Salem                                              | Tamil Nadu              | Coimbatore      |
| 121     | Tiruvannamalai                                     | Tamil Nadu              | Chennai         |
| 122     | Vellore                                            | Tamil Nadu              | Chennai         |
| 123     | Virudhunagar                                       | Tamilnadu               | Madurai         |
| 124     | Viluppuram                                         | Tamilnadu               | Chennai         |
| 125     | Adilabad                                           | Telangana               | Hyderabad       |
| 126     | Khammam                                            | Telangana               | Hyderabad       |
| 127     | Mehbubnagar                                        | Telangana               | Hyderabad       |
| 128     | Siddipet                                           | Telangana               | Hyderabad       |
| 129     | Warangal (Hanamkonda)                              | Telangana               | Hyderabad       |
| 130     | Agra                                               | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 131     | Ballia                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 132     | Bijnaur                                            | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly        |
| 133     | Jhansi                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 134     | Moradabad                                          | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly        |
| 135     | Pilibhit                                           | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly        |
| 136     | Ghazipur                                           | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 137     | Ayodhya/ Faizabad                                  | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 138     | Allahabad                                          | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 139     | Deoria                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 140     | Unnao                                              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 141     | Meerut                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 142     | Almora                                             | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 143     | Haldwani (now at Kathgodam)                        | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 144     | Nainital                                           | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 145     | Roorkee                                            | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 146     | Rudrapur                                           | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 147     | Asansol                                            | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 148     | Bardhman                                           | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 149     | Raiganj (North Dinajpur)                           | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 150 151 | Nadia (Krishnanagar) North Kolkata (Beadon Street) | West Bengal West Bengal | Kolkata Kolkata |
| 152     | Malda                                              |                         |                 |
|         |                                                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |