Lok Sabha Question No. 4048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: POPSK in Sitapur
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajesh Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4048 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## POPSK IN SITAPUR

## † 4048.     SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

## Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of applications received in Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) in Uttar Pradesh especially in Passport Seva Kendra of Sitapur district during the last three years;
- (b) the number of passports issued in the light of applications received;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to open new Passport Seva Kendra/Post office in Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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 Uttar Pradesh upto 29 February, 2020 is 3,29,393 (including 4,498 at POPSK, Sitapur).
- (b) The total number of passports issued against these passport applications till February, 2020 is 2,87,274 (including 3,987 passports issued for applications received at POPSK, Sitapur).
- (c) to (e) There are 6 Passport Seva Kendra and 48 POPSKs functioning in Uttar Pradesh as 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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| PASSPORT KENDRAS FUNCTIONAL IN UTTAR PRADESH ANNEXURE I   | PASSPORT KENDRAS FUNCTIONAL IN UTTAR PRADESH ANNEXURE I   | PASSPORT KENDRAS FUNCTIONAL IN UTTAR PRADESH ANNEXURE I   | PASSPORT KENDRAS FUNCTIONAL IN UTTAR PRADESH ANNEXURE I   |
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| S.No.                                                     | Locations                                                 | State/UT                                                  | Passport Office                                           |
| 1                                                         | Amroha                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 2                                                         | Badaun                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 3                                                         | Bareilly                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 4                                                         | Bijnaur                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 5                                                         | Moradabad                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |

|   6 | Pilibhit        | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   |
|-----|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|   7 | Rampur          | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   |
|   8 | Shahjahanpur    | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   |
|   9 | Achnera         | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  10 | Agra            | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  11 | Aligarh         | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  12 | Baghpat         | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  13 | Bulandshahr     | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  14 | Ghaziabad       | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  15 | Hathras         | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  16 | Meerut          | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  17 | Muzaffarnagar   | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  18 | Noida           | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  19 | Saharanpur      | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  20 | Vrindawan       | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|  21 | Allahabad       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  22 | Ambedkar Nagar  | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  23 | Amethi          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  24 | Ayodhya         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  25 | Azamgarh        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  26 | Bahraich        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  27 | Ballia          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  28 | Balrampur       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  29 | Banda           | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  30 | Bhadohi         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  31 | Chunar          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  32 | Deoria          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  33 | Farrukhabad     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  34 | Fatehpur        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  35 | Ghazipur        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  36 | Gonda           | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  37 | Gorakhpur       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  38 | Mau             | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  39 | Hamirpur        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  40 | Hardoi          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  41 | Jaunpur         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  42 | Jhansi          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  43 | Kanpur          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|  44 | Lakhimpur Kheri | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |

|   45 | Lucknow         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|   46 | Maharajganj     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   47 | Misrikh         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   48 | Pratapgarh      | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   49 | Raebareli       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   50 | Siddharth Nagar | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   51 | Sitapur         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   52 | Sultanpur       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   53 | Unnao           | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   54 | Varanasi        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |

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