Lok Sabha Question No. 1245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Setting up PSKs
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1245 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2018

## SETTING UP PSKs

†1245. SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in the post offices of the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of post offices in Jharkhand and Punjab where PSKs are likely to be set up and the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

[GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) & (b) The Ministry in association with the Department of Posts has announced opening of 289 Passport Seva Kendras at the Head Post Offices (HPO)/ Post Offices (PO) in the country called 'Post Office Passport Seva Kendra' (POPSK) (Annexure-I). This includes ten POPSK in Jharkhand and eight POPSK in Punjab, the details of which can be seen as under:

| State     | POPSK announced                                                                                      | POPSK functional                                                         |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jharkhand | Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Lohardaga and Medininagar. | Bokaro, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur and Medininagar. |
| Punjab    | Bathinda, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur, SBS Nagar (Nawan Shahar) and Tarn Taran.      | Bathinda, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala and Phagwara.                         |

## ANNEXURE-I

## LIST OF 289 POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRA (POPSK)

| S.No.   | Locations               | State/UT            | Passport Office   |
|---------|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| 1       | Anantpur                | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 2       | Chitoor                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 3       | Guntur                  | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 4       | Krishna                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 5       | Ongole                  | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 6       | Kadappa                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 7       | Kurnool                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 8       | Nellore                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 9       | Amalapuram              | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
| 10      | Eluru                   | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
| 11      | Kakinada                | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 12      | Rajamundry              | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 13      | Srikakulam              | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 14      | Vizianagaram            | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
| 15      | Changlang               | Arunachal Pradesh   | Guwahati          |
| 16      | Tirap                   | Arunachal Pradesh   | Guwahati          |
| 17      | Barpeta                 | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 18      | Dhubri                  | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 19      | Dibrugarh               | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 20      | Goalpara                | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 21      | Kaliabor                | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 22      | Karbi Anglong           | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 23      | Kokrajhar               | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 24 25   | Mangaldoi               | Assam Assam         | Guwahati Guwahati |
| 26      | Nawgong                 | Assam               |                   |
| 27      | North Lakhimpur Silchar | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 28      | Sonitpur                | Assam               | Guwahati Guwahati |
| 29      | Tinsukia                | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 30      | Begusarai               | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 31      |                         | Bihar               |                   |
| 32      | Bettiah Bhagalpur       | Bihar               | Patna Patna       |
| 33      | Buxar                   | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 34      | Chhapra                 | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 35      | East Champaran          | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 36      | Gaya                    | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 37      | Gopalganj               | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 38      | Madhubani               | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 39      | Munger                  | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 40      | Muzaffarpur             | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 41      | Nalanda                 | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 42      | Navada                  | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 43      | Purnea                  | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 44      | Samastipur              | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 45      | Sheohar                 | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 46      | Sitamarhi               | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 47      | Siwan                   | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 48      | Supaul                  | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 49      | Bilaspur                | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 50      | Durg                    | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 51      | Rajnandgaon             | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 52      | Surguja                 | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 53      | Silvasa                 | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | Mumbai            |
| 54      | Daman                   | Daman               | Mumbai            |
| 55      | Janak Puri              | Delhi               | Delhi             |
| 56      | Krishna Nagar           | Delhi               | Delhi             |

| 57      | Lodhi Road       | Delhi               | Delhi               |
|---------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 58      | Nehru Place      | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 59      | North West DelhI | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 60      | Patparganj       | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 61      | Saket            | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 62      | Yamuna Vihar     | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 63      | South Goa        | Goa                 | Panaji              |
| 64      | Anand            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 65      | Bharuch          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 66      | Bhavnagar        | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 67      | Bhuj             | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 68      | Dahod            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 69      | Jamnagar         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 70      | Junagadh         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 71      | Kheda            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 72      | Mehsana          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 73      | Navsari          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 74      | Porbandar        | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 75      | Veraval          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 76      | Palanpur         | Gujarat             | Surat               |
| 77      | Valsad           | Gujarat             | Surat               |
| 78      | Bhiwani          | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 79      | Hisar            | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 80      | Kaithal          | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 81      | Karnal           | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 82      | Panipat          | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 83 84   | Yamunanagar      | Haryana Haryana     | Chandigarh Delhi    |
| 85      | Faridabad        |                     |                     |
| 86      | Narnaul Rohtak   | Haryana Haryana     | Delhi               |
| 87      | Sonipat          | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 88      | Hamirpur         | Himachal Pradesh    | Delhi Shimla        |
| 89      | Kangra           | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 90      | Kullu            | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 91      | Mandi            | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 92      | Palampur         | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 93      | Una              | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 94      | Kathua           | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 95      | Rajouri          | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 96      | Udhampur         | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 97      | Anantnag         | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 98      | Baramulla        | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 99      | Leh              | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 100     | Bokaro           | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 101     | Chatra           | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 102     | Deoghar          | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 103     | Dhanbad          | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 104     | Dumka            | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 105     | Giridih          | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 106     | Hazaribagh       | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 107     | Jamshedpur       | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 108     | Lohardaga        | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 109     | Medininagar      | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 110     | Belagavi         | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 111 112 | Bellary          | Karnataka Karnataka | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
|         | Bidar            |                     | Bengaluru           |
| 113 114 | Devangere Gadag  | Karnataka Karnataka | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 115     | Hassan           | Karnataka           |                     |
| 116     | Mysuru           | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 117     | Raichur          | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |

| 118     | Shivamogga                  | Karnataka               | Bengaluru             |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
| 119     | Tumakuru                    | Karnataka               | Bengaluru             |
| 120     | Udupi                       | Karnataka               | Bengaluru             |
| 121     | Vijayapur                   | Karnataka               | Bengaluru             |
| 122     | Chengannur                  | Kerala                  | Cochin                |
| 123     | Idukki                      | Kerala                  | Cochin                |
| 124     | Palakkad                    | Kerala                  | Cochin                |
| 125     | Kasargod                    | Kerala                  | Kozhikode             |
| 126     | Pathanamthitta              | Kerala                  | Trivandrum            |
| 127     | Kavaratti                   | Lakshadweep             | Cochin                |
| 128     | Balaghat                    | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 129     | Betul                       | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 130     | Chhindwara                  | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 131     | Damoh                       | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 132     | Dewas                       | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 133     | Gwalior                     | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 134     | Hoshangabad                 | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 135     | Jabalpur                    | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 136     | Khajuraho                   | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 137     | Ratlam                      | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 138     | Rewa                        | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 139     | Sagar                       | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 140     | Satna                       | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 141     | Sehore                      | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 142     | Shivni                      | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 143     | Shivpuri                    | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 144     | Sidhi                       | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 145     | Ujjain                      | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 146     | Vidisha                     | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                |
| 147     | Aurangabad                  | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                |
| 148     | Dombivali                   | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                |
| 149 150 | Ghatkopar/Vikroli Jalgaon   | Maharashtra Maharashtra | Mumbai Mumbai         |
| 151     | Mumbai North Central        | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                |
| 152     | Mumbai South Central        | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                |
| 153     | Navi Mumbai                 | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                |
| 154     | Panvel                      | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                |
| 155     | Sindhudurg                  | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                |
| 156     | Akola                       | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                |
| 157     | Amravati                    | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                |
| 158     | Chandrapur                  | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                |
| 159     | Wardha                      | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                |
| 160     | Ahmednagar                  | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 161     | Baramati                    | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 162     | Beed                        | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 163     | Jalna                       | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 164     | Kohlapur                    | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 165     | Latur                       | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 166     | Madha                       | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 167     | Nanded (N)                  | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 168     | Pandharpur                  | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 169     | Pimpri Chinchwad            | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 170     | Sangli                      | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
|         | Satara                      | Maharashtra             | Pune                  |
| 171     | Baghmara                    | Meghalaya               | Guwahati              |
| 172 173 | Tura                        | Meghalaya               | Guwahati Bhubaneshwar |
| 174     | Balasore                    | Odisha                  | Bhubaneshwar          |
| 175 176 | Baripada Berhampur (Ganjam) | Odisha Odisha           | Bhubaneshwar          |
| 177     | Bhawanipatna                | Odisha                  |                       |
|         | (Kalahandi)                 |                         | Bhubaneshwar          |

| 178     | Koraput                  | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 179     | Rourkela                 | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
| 180     | Sambalpur                | Odisha              | Bhubaneshwar        |
| 181     | Karaikal                 | Puducherry          | Trichy              |
| 182     | Tarn Taran               | Punjab              | Amritsar            |
| 183     | Bhatinda                 | Punjab              | Chandigarh          |
| 184     | Patiala                  | Punjab              | Chandigarh          |
| 185     | Sangrur                  | Punjab              | Chandigarh          |
| 186     | Gurdaspur                | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 187     | Moga                     | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 188     | Phagwara                 | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 189     | SBS Nagar (Nawan Shahar) | Punjab              | Jalandhar           |
| 190     | Ajmer                    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 191     | Alwar                    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 192     | Banswada                 | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 193     | Barmer                   | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 194     | Bharatpur                | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 195     | Bhilwara                 | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 196     | Bikaner                  | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 197     | Chittorgarh              | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 198     | Churu                    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 199     | Dausa                    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 200     | Dungarpur                | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 201 202 | Hanumangarh Jaisalmer    | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 203     | Jhalawar                 | Rajasthan Rajasthan | Jaipur Jaipur       |
| 204     | Jhunjhunu                | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 205     | Karauli-Dhaulpur         | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 206     | Kota                     | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 207     | Kotputli                 | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 208     | Nagaur                   | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 209     | Pali                     | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 210     | Sriganganagar            | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 211     | Tonk-Sewai Madhopur      | Rajasthan           | Jaipur              |
| 212     | Cuddalore                | Tamil Nadu          | Chennai             |
| 213     | Kallakurichi             | Tamil Nadu          | Chennai             |
| 214     | Tiruvannamalai           | Tamil Nadu          | Chennai             |
| 215     | Vellore                  | Tamil Nadu          | Chennai             |
| 216     | Viluppuram               | Tamil Nadu          | Chennai             |
| 217     | Namakkal                 | Tamil Nadu          | Coimbatore          |
| 218     | Salem                    | Tamil Nadu          | Coimbatore          |
| 219     | Tiruppur                 | Tamil Nadu          | Coimbatore          |
| 220     | Dindigul                 | Tamil Nadu          | Madurai             |
| 221     | Kanyakumari (Nagarcoil)  | Tamil Nadu          | Maduai              |
| 222     | Ramanathapuram           | Tamil Nadu          | Madurai             |
| 223     | Sivaganga                | Tamil Nadu          | Madurai             |
| 224     | Virudhunagar             | Tamil Nadu          | Madurai             |
| 225     | Perambalur               | Tamil Nadu          | Tiruchirapalli      |
| 226     | Pudukkottai              | Tamil Nadu          | Tiruchirapalli      |
| 227     | Adilabad                 | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |
| 228     | Khammam                  | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |
| 229     | Medak                    | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |
| 230     | Mehbubnagar              | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |
| 231     | Nalgonda                 | Telangana           | Hyderabad           |
| 232     | Siddipet                 | Telangana           | Hyderabad Hyderabad |
| 233 234 | Warangal Zahirabad       | Telangana Telangana | Hyderabad           |
| 235     | Bijnaur                  | Uttar Pradesh       | Bareilly            |
| 236     | Moradabad                | Uttar Pradesh       | Bareilly            |

| 237     | Pilibhit                                           | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly        |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
| 238     | Rampur                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly        |
| 239     | Agra                                               | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 240     | Aligarh                                            | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 241     | GautamBudh Nagar                                   | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 242     | Mathura                                            | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 243     | Meerut                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 244     | Saharanpur                                         | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad       |
| 245     | Allahabad                                          | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 246     | Amethi                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 247     | Ayodhya/ Faizabad                                  | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 248     | Azamgarh                                           | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 249     | Bahraich                                           | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 250     | Ballia                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 251     | Balrampur                                          | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 252     | Barabanki                                          | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 253     | Basti                                              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 254     | Deoria                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 255     | Farrukhabad                                        | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 256     | Ghazipur                                           | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 257     | Gonda                                              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 258     | Jaunpur                                            | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 259     | Jhansi                                             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 260     | Kushi Nagar                                        | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 261     | Maharajganj                                        | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 262     | Mau                                                | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 263     | Mirzapur                                           | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 264     | Misrikh                                            | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 265     | Pratapgarh                                         | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 266     | RaeBareli                                          | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 267     | Sitapur                                            | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 268     | Sultanpur                                          | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 269     | Unnao                                              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 270     | Almora                                             | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 271     | Kathgodam (Haldwani)                               | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 272     | Nainital                                           | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 273     | Pauri                                              | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 274     | Pithoragarh                                        | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 275     | Roorkee                                            | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 276     | Rudrapur                                           | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 277     | Asansol                                            | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 278     | Balurghat                                          | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 279     | Bardhman                                           | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 280     | Barrackpore                                        | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 281     | Birbhum                                            | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 282     | Chinsurah                                          | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 283     | Darjeeling                                         | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 284     | Diamond Harbour                                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 285     | Malda                                              | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 286     | Medinipur                                          | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 287 288 | Nadia (Krishnanagar) North Kolkata (Beadon Street) | West Bengal West Bengal | Kolkata Kolkata |
| 289     | Raiganj                                            |                         |                 |
|         |                                                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |

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