Lok Sabha Question No. 2597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: Applications Received in POPSK
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2597 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2019

## APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN POPSK

## 2597. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of applications received at Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) in the State of Bihar since 2017 and at the Chapra Post Office Passport Seva Kendra in particular;
- (b) the number of passports issued out of them against these application requests so received;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to open new Passport Seva Kendras/Post Office Passport Seva Kendras in the State of Bihar; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) The total  number of passport applications received at Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) in the State of Bihar since 2017 upto 31 st   October, 2019 is 2,04,486 (including 10,457 applications received at POPSK, Chapra).

(b) The total number of passports issued against these passport applications till 31 st October, 2019 is 1,81,087.

(c) & (d) There are 2 PSKs and 33 POPSKs functioning in the State of Bihar. The list is at Annexure - I . The opening of new Passport Seva Kendras/Post Office Passport Seva Kendras in various States in the country is an on-going activity and depends on various factors, including distance from the existing PSK/POPSKs and volume of applications from a particular region.

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## ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF  PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS (PSKS) IN THE STATE OF BIHAR

|   S. No. | State/UT   |   No. of PSKs | Location of PSKs   |
|----------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Bihar      |             2 | Patna, Darbhanga   |

LIST OF  POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS (POPSKs) in the State of Bihar

|   S.No. | Locations      | State/UT   | Passport Office   |
|---------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Arrah          | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       2 | Aurangabad     | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       3 | Banka          | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       4 | Begusarai      | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       5 | Bettiah        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       6 | Bhagalpur      | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       7 | Buxar          | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       8 | Chhapra        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|       9 | Dalmia Nagar   | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      10 | Dalsingh Sarai | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      11 | Forbesganj     | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      12 | Gaya           | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      13 | Gopalganj      | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      14 | Hajipur        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      15 | Jahanabad      | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      16 | Jamui          | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      17 | Katihar        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      18 | Khagaria       | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      19 | Kishanganj     | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      20 | Madhubani      | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      21 | Maner          | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      22 | Motihari       | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      23 | Munger         | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      24 | Muzaffarpur    | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      25 | Nalanda        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      26 | Navada         | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      27 | Purnea         | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      28 | Saharsa        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      29 | Samastipur     | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      30 | Sasaram        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      31 | Sheohar        | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      32 | Sitamarhi      | Bihar      | Patna             |
|      33 | Siwan          | Bihar      | Patna             |

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