Lok Sabha Question No. 2631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: POs in the Country
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh, Ashok Kumar Rawat, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2019

## POS IN THE COUNTRY

## † 2631.   SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise number of Passport Offices (POs) in the country, particularly in Bihar and Gujarat, as on date and whether the Government proposes to set up passport offices at some new locations;
- (b) the average number of applications processed every month by the said offices;
- (c) whether there is any delay in issuing passport and if so, the details in this regard along with the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether any proposal for setting up POs is under consideration; and
- (e) if so, the details in this regard?

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

## [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) At present, there are 36 Passport Offices in the country including one in Bihar and two in Gujarat. The list is at Annexure-I. There are 93 Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs)   and   424   Post   Office   Passport   Seva   Kendras   (POPSKs).   This   lists   are   at Annexure - II and Annexure III respectively.  There are 517 Passport Kendras in the Country as on 28 th  November, 2019 as extended arms of 36 Passport Offices.

(b) The average number of passport and passport related applications processed per month at these 36 Passport Offices during the period January-October, 2019 is at Annexure-IV .

(c) In its Citizens' Charter, the Ministry is committed to issue a fresh passport in 'Normal' Category within 30 working days (excluding PV). In case of re-issue of an ordinary passport, the Ministry is committed to issue it within 7 working days in cases where pre-police   verification   is   not   required   and   within   30   working   days (excluding PV) in cases where PV is required.

The average time taken to issue a passport during January-September 2019 is 9 days (excluding PV) in 'Normal' Category. It can thus be seen that there is no delay in issuing passports. However, at times, the process of issuance of passports gets delayed due to the following reasons:

i. Late receipt of police verification reports; ii. Receipt of incomplete police reports; and iii. Late submission of requisite documents by the applicants. (d) & (e) The opening of new Passport Kendras in various States in the country is an on-going activity and depends on various factors, including distance from the existing Passport Kendras and volume of applications from a particular region. ***

## STATE WISE RPO LIST

|   Sl. No. | State             | RPO                 |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | RPO Vijayawada      |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    | RPO Visakhapatnam   |
|         3 | Assam             | RPO Guwahati        |
|         4 | Bihar             | RPO Patna           |
|         5 | Chandigarh        | RPO Chandigarh      |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh      | RPO Raipur          |
|         7 | Delhi             | RPO Delhi           |
|         8 | Goa               | RPO Goa             |
|         9 | Gujarat           | RPO Ahmedabad       |
|        10 | Gujarat           | RPO Surat           |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh  | RPO Shimla          |
|        12 | Jammu and Kashmir | RPO Jammu           |
|        13 | Jammu and Kashmir | RPO Srinagar        |
|        14 | Jharkhand         | RPO Ranchi          |
|        15 | Karnataka         | RPO Bengaluru       |
|        16 | Kerala            | RPO Cochin          |
|        17 | Kerala            | RPO Kozhikode       |
|        18 | Kerala            | RPO Trivandrum      |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh    | RPO Bhopal          |
|        20 | Maharashtra       | RPO Nagpur          |
|        21 | Maharashtra       | RPO Pune            |
|        22 | Maharashtra       | RPO Mumbai          |
|        23 | Odisha            | RPO Bhubaneswar     |
|        24 | Punjab            | RPO Amritsar        |
|        25 | Punjab            | RPO Jalandhar       |
|        26 | Rajasthan         | RPO Jaipur          |
|        27 | Tamil Nadu        | RPO Madurai         |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu        | RPO Tiruchirappalli |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu        | RPO Chennai         |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu        | RPO Coimbatore      |
|        31 | Telangana         | RPO Hyderabad       |
|        32 | Uttar Pradesh     | RPO Bareilly        |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh     | RPO Ghaziabad       |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh     | RPO Lucknow         |
|        35 | Uttarakhand       | RPO Dehradun        |
|        36 | West Bengal       | RPO Kolkata         |

## ANNEXURE - I

## STATE-WISE LIST OF  PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS (PSKS)

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   No. of PSKs | Location of PSKs                                                                                                                                           |
|----------|-------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |             4 | Vijayawada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Bhimavaram                                                                                                            |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |             1 | Itanagar                                                                                                                                                   |
| 3.       | Assam*            |             1 | Guwahati                                                                                                                                                   |
| 4.       | Bihar             |             2 | Patna, Darbhanga                                                                                                                                           |
| 5.       | Chandigarh UT**   |             1 | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      |             1 | Raipur                                                                                                                                                     |
| 7.       | Delhi NCT***      |             3 | Herald House, Shalimar Place, Bhikaji Cama Place                                                                                                           |
| 8.       | Goa               |             1 | Panaji                                                                                                                                                     |
| 9.       | Gujarat           |             5 | Ahmedabad I& II, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat.                                                                                                                  |
| 10.      | Haryana           |             2 | Ambala, Gurgaon.                                                                                                                                           |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh  |             1 | Shimla                                                                                                                                                     |
| 12.      | Jammu & Kashmir   |             2 | Jammu, Srinagar                                                                                                                                            |
| 13.      | Jharkhand         |             1 | Ranchi                                                                                                                                                     |
| 14.      | Karnataka         |             5 | Bangalore I & II, Hubli, Mangalore, Kalaburagi.                                                                                                            |
| 15.      | Kerala            |            13 | Thiruvananthapuram,Thiruvananthapuram (Rural), Kollam, Cochin, Ernakulam Rural, Alapuzha, Kottayam, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kozhikode I & II, Kannur I & II. |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    |             2 | Bhopal, Indore                                                                                                                                             |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       |             8 | Mumbai I, II & III, Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Nashik, Solapur.                                                                                                  |
| 18.      | Manipur           |             1 | Imphal                                                                                                                                                     |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         |             1 | Shillong                                                                                                                                                   |
| 20.      | Mizoram           |             1 | Aizawl                                                                                                                                                     |
| 21.      | Nagaland          |             1 | Dimapur                                                                                                                                                    |
| 22.      | Odisha            |             1 | Bhubaneswar                                                                                                                                                |
| 23.      | Puducherry        |             1 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                 |
| 24.      | Punjab            |             5 | Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar I & II, Hoshiarpur.                                                                                                          |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         |             4 | Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar, Udaipur                                                                                                                            |
| 26.      | Sikkim            |             1 | Gangtok                                                                                                                                                    |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        |             8 | Chennai I, II & III, Trichy, Thanjavur, Madurai,Tirunelveli, Coimbatore,                                                                                   |
| 28.      | Telangana         |             5 | Hyderabad I, II & III, Nizamabad, Karimnagar                                                                                                               |
| 29.      | Tripura           |             1 | Agartala                                                                                                                                                   |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     |             6 | Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Ghaziabad.                                                                                                 |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       |             1 | Dehradun                                                                                                                                                   |
| 32.      | West Bengal@      |             3 | Kolkata, Berhampore, Siliguri.                                                                                                                             |
| TOTAL    |                   |            93 |                                                                                                                                                            |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE-III

STATE-WISE    LIST OF  POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS (POPSKs)

| S.No.   | Locations            | State/UT                  | Passport Office   |
|---------|----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
| 1       | Anantpur             | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 2       | Bapatla              | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 3       | Chittoor             | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 4       | Gudivada             | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 5       | Guntur               | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 6       | Hindupur             | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 7       | Kadappa              | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 8       | Kodur                | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 9       | Kurnool              | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 10      | Nandyal              | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 11      | Narasaraopet         | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 12      | Nellore              | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 13      | Ongole               | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayawada        |
| 14      | Amalapuram           | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam     |
| 15      | Eluru                | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam     |
| 16      | Kakinada             | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam     |
| 17      | Rajamundry           | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam     |
| 18      | Srikakulam           | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam     |
| 19      | Vizianagaram         | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam     |
| 20      | Yelamanchili         | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam     |
| 21      | Changlang            | Arunachal                 | Guwahati          |
| 22      | Khonsa               | Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati          |
| 23      | Barpeta              | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 24      | Dhubri               | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 25      | Dibrugarh            | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 26      | Goalpara             | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 27      | Golaghat             | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 28      | Jorhat               | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 29      | Karbi Anglong        | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 30      | Karimganj            | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 31      | Kokrajhar            | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 32      | Mangaldoi            | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 33      | Nawgong              | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 34 35   | North Lakhimpur      | Assam                     | Guwahati Guwahati |
|         | Silchar              | Assam                     |                   |
| 36      | Tezpur               | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 37      | Tinsukia             | Assam                     | Guwahati          |
| 38      | Arrah                | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 39      | Aurangabad           | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 40      | Banka                | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 41      | Begusarai            | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 42      | Bettiah              | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 43      | Bhagalpur            | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 44      | Buxar                | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 45      | Chhapra              | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 46      | Dalmia Nagar         | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 47      | Dalsingh Sarai       | Bihar                     | Patna Patna       |
| 48      | Forbesganj           | Bihar                     |                   |
| 49      | Gaya                 | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 50      |                      | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 51      | Gopalganj Hajipur    |                           | Patna             |
| 52      |                      | Bihar Bihar               | Patna             |
| 53      | Jahanabad Jamui      | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 54      | Katihar              | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 55      | Khagaria             | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 56      |                      | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 57      | Kishanganj Madhubani | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 58 59   | Maner                | Bihar                     | Patna             |
|         | Motihari             | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 60      | Munger               | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 61      | Muzaffarpur          | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 62      |                      |                           | Patna             |
| 63      | Nalanda Navada       | Bihar Bihar               | Patna             |
| 64      |                      |                           |                   |
|         | Purnea               | Bihar                     | Patna             |
| 65      | Saharsa              | Bihar                     | Patna Patna       |
| 66      | Samastipur           | Bihar                     |                   |
| 67      |                      |                           | Patna             |
|         | Sasaram              | Bihar Bihar               | Patna             |
| 68      | Sheohar              |                           |                   |

5

| 69      | Sitamarhi                      | Bihar                     | Patna               |
|---------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 70      | Siwan                          | Bihar                     | Patna               |
| 71      | Bilaspur                       | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur              |
| 72 73   | Durg                           | Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh | Raipur              |
|         | Janjgir-Champa                 |                           | Raipur              |
| 74      | Korba                          | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur              |
| 75      | Raigarh                        | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur              |
| 76      | Rajnandgaon                    | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur              |
| 77      | Surguja                        | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur              |
| 78      | Silvasa                        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli      | Mumbai              |
| 79      | Daman                          | Daman                     | Mumbai              |
| 80      | Janak Puri                     | Delhi                     | Delhi               |
| 81      | Mehrauli                       | Delhi                     | Delhi               |
| 82      | Nehru Place                    | Delhi                     | Delhi               |
| 83      | Patparganj                     | Delhi                     | Delhi               |
| 84      | Yamuna Vihar                   | Delhi                     | Delhi               |
| 85      | Margao                         | Goa                       | Panaji              |
| 86      |                                |                           |                     |
| 87      | Amreli Anand                   | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad Ahmedabad |
| 88      | Bardoli                        | Gujarat Gujarat           | Surat               |
| 89      | Bharuch                        |                           | Ahmedabad           |
| 90      | Bhavnagar                      | Gujarat Gujarat           | Ahmedabad           |
| 91      | Bhuj                           | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 92      | Chhota Udaipur                 | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 93      | Dahod                          | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 94      | Gandhinagar                    | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 95      | Godhra                         | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 96      | Jamnagar                       | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 97      | Junagadh                       | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 98      | Kheda                          | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 99      | Mehsana                        | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 100     | Navsari                        | Gujarat                   | Surat               |
| 101     | Palanpur                       | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 102     | Patan                          | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 103 104 | Porbandar                      | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad Surat     |
|         | Rajpipla                       | Gujarat                   |                     |
| 105     | Sabarkantha                    | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 106     | Surendranagar                  | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad Surat     |
| 107     | Valsad                         | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad           |
| 108     | Veraval                        | Gujarat                   |                     |
| 109     | Bhiwani Mahendragarh Faridabad | Haryana                   | Chandigarh Delhi    |
| 110     |                                | Haryana                   |                     |
| 111     | Hisar                          | Haryana                   | Chandigarh          |
| 112     | Kaithal                        | Haryana                   | Chandigarh          |
| 113     | Karnal                         | Haryana                   | Chandigarh          |
| 114 115 | Narnaul Panipat                | Haryana                   | Delhi               |
|         |                                | Haryana                   | Chandigarh Delhi    |
| 116     | Rohtak                         | Haryana                   |                     |
| 117     | Sirsa                          | Haryana                   | Chandigarh          |
| 118     | Sonipat                        | Haryana                   | Delhi               |
| 119     | Yamunanagar                    | Haryana                   | Chandigarh          |
| 120     | Hamirpur                       | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla Shimla       |
| 121     | Kangra                         | Himachal Pradesh          |                     |
| 122     | Kullu                          | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla              |
| 123     | Mandi                          | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla              |
| 124     | Palampur                       | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla              |
| 125 126 | Una                            | Himachal Pradesh Jammu &  | Shimla Jammu        |
|         | Kathua                         |                           |                     |
| 127     | Rajouri                        | Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir   | Jammu               |
| 128 129 | Udhampur                       | Jammu & Kashmir           | Jammu               |
|         | Anantnag                       | Jammu &                   | Srinagar            |
| 130     |                                | Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir   | Srinagar            |
| 131 132 | Baramulla Leh                  | Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand | Srinagar Ranchi     |
|         | Bokaro                         |                           |                     |
| 133     | Chaibasha                      | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi              |
| 134     | Deoghar                        | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi Ranchi       |
| 135     | Dhanbad                        | Jharkhand                 |                     |
| 136     |                                |                           | Ranchi              |
| 137     | Dumka Giridih                  | Jharkhand Jharkhand       | Ranchi              |
|         |                                |                           | Ranchi              |
| 138     | Gumla                          | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi              |
| 139 140 | Hazaribagh                     | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi              |
|         | Jamshedpur                     | Jharkhand                 |                     |
| 141     | Jumri Tilaiya                  | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi              |
| 142     | Khunti                         | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi              |

| 143     | Medininagar             | Jharkhand               | Ranchi              |
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
| 144     | Sahibganj               | Jharkhand               | Ranchi              |
| 145     | Shimaria                | Jharkhand               | Ranchi              |
| 146     | Ankola                  | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 147 148 | Bagalkot Belagavi       | Karnataka Karnataka     | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 149     | Bellary                 | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 150     | Bidar                   | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 151     | Chamrajanagar           | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 152     | Channapatna             | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 153     | Chikkballapur           | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 154     | Chikkodi                | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 155     | Chitradurga             | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 156     | Davangere               | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 157     | Gadag                   | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 158     | Hassan                  | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 159     | Jalahalli               | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 160     | Koppal                  | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 161     | Maddur                  | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 162     | Mysuru                  | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 163     | Raichur                 | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 164     |                         |                         |                     |
| 165     | Robertsonpet Shivamogga | Karnataka Karnataka     | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 166     | Tumakuru                | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 167     | Udupi                   | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 168     | Vijayapur               | Karnataka               | Bengaluru           |
| 169     | Chengannur              | Kerala                  | Cochin              |
| 170     |                         |                         | Cochin              |
| 171     | Kattappana              | Kerala                  | Cochin              |
| 172     | Nenmara Palakkad        | Kerala                  | Cochin              |
|         | Kasargod                | Kerala                  | Kozhikode           |
| 173 174 | Attingal                | Kerala                  | Trivandrum          |
| 175     | Pathanamthitta          | Kerala                  | Trivandrum          |
| 176     | Kavaratti               | Kerala Lakshadweep      | Cochin              |
| 177     | Balaghat                | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 178     | Betul                   | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 179     | Chhatarpur              | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 180     | Chhindwara              | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal Bhopal       |
| 181     | Damoh                   | Madhya Pradesh          |                     |
| 182     | Dewas                   | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 183     | Dhar                    | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 184     | Gwalior                 | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 185     | Hoshangabad             | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 186     | Jabalpur                | Madhya                  | Bhopal Bhopal       |
| 187     | Ratlam                  | Pradesh Madhya          |                     |
| 188     | Rewa                    | Pradesh Madhya Pradesh  | Bhopal              |
| 189     | Sagar                   | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 190     | Satna                   | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 191     | Tikamgarh               | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 192     | Ujjain                  | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 193     | Vidisha                 | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal              |
| 194     | Aurangabad              | Maharashtra             |                     |
| 195     | Bhiwandi                | Maharashtra             | Mumbai Mumbai       |
| 196     | Bhusawal                | Maharashtra             | Mumbai              |
| 197 198 | Dhule                   | Maharashtra             | Mumbai Mumbai       |
|         | Jalgaon                 |                         |                     |
| 199     | Rajapur                 | Maharashtra Maharashtra | Mumbai Mumbai       |
| 200     | Santa Cruz              | Maharashtra             | Mumbai              |
| 201     |                         | Maharashtra             |                     |
| 202     | Sion Vashi              | Maharashtra             | Mumbai Mumbai       |
| 203 204 | Vikroli                 | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 205     | Ahmednagar              | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 206     | Baramati Beed           | Maharashtra Maharashtra | Pune                |
|         |                         | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 207     | Ichalkaranji            | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 208     | Jalna                   | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 209     | Kolhapur                |                         | Pune                |
| 210     | Latur                   | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 211     | Madha                   | Maharashtra             |                     |
|         |                         | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 212 213 | Nanded                  | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
|         |                         | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 214     | Osmanabad Pandharpur    |                         |                     |
| 215     | Parbhani                | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
| 216     | Pimpri                  | Maharashtra             | Pune                |
|         | Chinchwad               |                         |                     |

7

| 217     | Sangli                | Maharashtra             | Pune                    |
|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 218     | Satara                | Maharashtra             | Pune                    |
| 219     | Shirur                | Maharashtra             | Pune                    |
| 220     | Srirampur Akola       | Maharashtra             | Pune                    |
| 221 222 | Amravati              | Maharashtra Maharashtra | Nagpur Nagpur           |
| 223     | Bhandara              | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
| 224     | Buldhana              | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
| 225     | Chandrapur            | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
| 226 227 | Gadchiroli            | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
|         | Hingoli               | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
| 228     | Katoal                | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
| 229     | Wardha                | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
| 230     | Yavatmal              | Maharashtra             | Nagpur                  |
| 231     | Kakching              | Manipur                 | Guwahati                |
| 232     | Tura                  | Meghalaya               | Guwahati                |
| 233     |                       | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 234     | Aska                  | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 235     | Balasore              |                         |                         |
|         | Bargarh               | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 236 237 | Baripada              | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
|         | Berhampur             | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 238     | Bhadrak               | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar |
| 239 240 | Bhawanipatna          | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
|         | Bolangir              | Odisha                  |                         |
| 241 242 | Cuttack Dhenkanal     | Odisha Odisha           | Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar |
| 243     | Jagatsinghpur         | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 244     | Jajpur                | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar |
| 245     | Kendrapara            | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 246     | Keonjhar              | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 247     | Koraput               | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 248 249 | Nabarangpur Phulbani  | Odisha Odisha           | Bhubaneswar             |
| 250     | Puri                  | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 251     | Rourkela              | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 252     | Sambalpur             | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar             |
| 253     | Karaikal              |                         | Tiruchirapalli          |
| 254     |                       | Puducherry Punjab       | Chandigarh              |
| 255     | Basi Pattana Bathinda | Punjab                  | Chandigarh              |
| 256     | Firozpur              |                         | Amritsar                |
| 257     | Malerkotla            | Punjab Punjab           | Chandigarh              |
| 258     | Moga                  | Punjab                  | Jalandhar               |
| 259     | Pathankot             |                         | Jalandhar               |
| 260     | Patiala               | Punjab Punjab           |                         |
| 261     | Phagwara              | Punjab                  | Chandigarh Jalandhar    |
| 262     | Ropar                 |                         | Chandigarh              |
| 263     | Ajmer                 | Punjab Rajasthan        | Jaipur                  |
| 264     | Alwar                 |                         | Jaipur                  |
| 265     | Banswara              | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 266     | Barmer                | Rajasthan Rajasthan     | Jaipur                  |
| 267     | Bharatpur             | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 268     | Bhilwara              |                         | Jaipur                  |
| 269     | Bikaner               | Rajasthan Rajasthan     | Jaipur                  |
| 270     | Chittorgarh           | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 271     | Churu                 | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 272     | Dausa                 | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 273     |                       | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 274     | Hanumangarh Jaisalmer | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 275     | Jhalawar              | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 276     |                       | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 277     | Jhunjhunu Kankroli    | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 278     |                       | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 279     | Karauli-Dhaulpur      | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 280     | Kota Kotputli         | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 281     | Nagaur                | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 282     |                       | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 283     | Pali Pratapgarh       | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
|         |                       |                         | Jaipur                  |
| 284     | Sawai Madhopur        | Rajasthan               |                         |
| 285     | Sirohi                | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 286     | Sriganganagar         | Rajasthan               | Jaipur                  |
| 287     | Arani                 | Tamil                   |                         |
| 288     | Chennai GPO           | Nadu Tamil              |                         |
|         |                       |                         | Chennai Chennai         |
| 289     | Chidambaram           | Nadu Tamil Nadu         | Chennai                 |
|         | Cuddalore             | Tamil Nadu              | Chennai                 |
| 290     |                       |                         |                         |

| 291     | Dharmapuri            | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
|---------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| 292     | Kallakurichi          | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 293     | Kancheepuram          | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 294     | Krishnagiri           | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 295     | Ranipet               | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 296     | Tiruvallur            | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 297     | Tiruvannamalai        | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 298     | Vellore               | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 299     | Viluppuram            | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 300     | Coonoor               | Tamil Nadu                  | Coimbatore          |
| 301     | Erode                 | Tamil Nadu                  | Coimbatore          |
| 302     | Rasipuram             | Tamil Nadu                  | Coimbatore          |
| 303     |                       |                             | Coimbatore          |
|         | Salem                 | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 304     | Bodineyaknur          | Tamil Nadu                  |                     |
| 305     | Devakottai            | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 306     | Kodairoad             | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 307     | Nagercoil             | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 308     | Rajpalyam             | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 309     | Ramathapuram          | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 310     | Thoothukkudi          | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 311     | Virudhunagar          | Tamil Nadu                  | Madurai             |
| 312     | Karur                 | Tamil Nadu                  | Tiruchirappalli     |
| 313     | Perambalur            | Tamil Nadu                  | Tiruchirapalli      |
| 314     | Sirkali               | Tamil Nadu                  | Tiruchirappalli     |
| 315     | Thiruthuraipoondi     | Tamil Nadu                  | Tiruchirappalli     |
| 316     | Adilabad              | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 317     | Bhongir               | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 318     | Kamareddy             |                             | Hyderabad           |
| 319     | Khammam               | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 320     | Mahabubabad           | Telangana Telangana         | Hyderabad           |
| 321     | Mancherial            | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 322     | Medak                 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 323     | Medchal               |                             | Hyderabad           |
| 324     | Mehbubnagar           | Telangana Telangana         | Hyderabad           |
| 325     | Nalgonda              | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 326     | Siddipet              | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 327     | Vikarabad             | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 328     | Wanaparthy            | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 329     | Warangal              | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 330     | Dhramanagar           | Tripura                     | Kolkata             |
| 331     | Amroha                | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly Bareilly   |
| 332     | Badaun                | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 333     | Bijnaur               | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 334     | Moradabad             | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 335     | Pilibhit              | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
|         | Rampur                | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 336 337 | Shahjahanpur          | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly Bareilly   |
| 338     | Achnera               | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 339     | Agra                  | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad Ghaziabad |
| 340     | Aligarh               | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 341     | Baghpat               | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 342     | Bulandshahr           | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 343     | Hathras               | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 344     |                       | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 345     | Meerut Muzaffarnagar  | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 346     | Noida                 | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
|         |                       |                             | Ghaziabad           |
| 347 348 | Saharanpur Vrindawan  | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad           |
| 349     |                       |                             | Lucknow             |
|         | Allahabad             | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 350 351 | Ambedkar Nagar Amethi | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow Lucknow     |
|         |                       |                             | Lucknow             |
| 352     | Ayodhya               | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 353 354 | Azamgarh Bahraich     | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow Lucknow     |
|         |                       | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 355     | Ballia                | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 356     | Balrampur             | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 357     | Banda                 |                             |                     |
|         |                       | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 358 359 | Bhadohi Chunar        | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
|         |                       | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 360     | Deoria                | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 361     | Farrukhabad           |                             | Lucknow             |
| 362     | Fatehpur              | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 363     | Ghazipur              | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 364     | Gonda                 | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |

| 365     | Goshi (Mau)             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
| 366     | Hamirpur                | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 367     | Hardoi                  | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 368     | Jaunpur                 | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 369     | Jhansi                  | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 370     | Kheri                   | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 371     | Maharajganj             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 372     | Misrikh                 | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 373     | Pratapgarh              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 374     | Rae Bareli              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 375     | Siddharth Nagar         | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 376     | Sitapur                 | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 377     | Sultanpur               | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 378     | Unnao                   | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 379     | Almora                  | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 380     | Kathgodam               | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 381     | Nainital                | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 382     | Roorkee                 | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 383     | Rudrapur                | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 384     | Srinagar                | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 385     | Alipurduar              | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 386 387 | Amta Arambagh           | West Bengal West Bengal | Kolkata Kolkata |
| 388     | Asansol                 | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 389     | Ashok Nagar             | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 390     | Balurghat               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 391     | Bangaon                 | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 392     | Bankura                 | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 393     | Bardhaman               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 394     | Barrackpore             | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 395     | Basirhat                | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 396     | Beadon Street           | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 397     | Bishnupur               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 398     | Bolpur                  | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 399     | Canning Road Ferry Ghat | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 400     | Chinsurah               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 401     | Coochbehar              | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 402     | Darjeeling              | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 403     | Diamond Harbour         | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 404     | Dum Dum                 | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 405     | Ghatal                  | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 406     | Howrah                  | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 407     | Jadavpur                | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 408     | Jalpaiguri              | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 409     | Jhargram                | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 410     | Jiyaganj                | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 411     | Kakdweep                | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 412     | Kanthi                  | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 413     | Katwa                   | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 414     | Kharagpur               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 415     | Krishnanagar            | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 416     | Makdumpur               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 417     | North Dinajpur          | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 418     | Purulia                 | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 419     | Raghunathganj           | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 420     | Rampurhat               | West Bengal             | Kolkata Kolkata |
| 421 422 | Ranaghat Samsi          | West Bengal West Bengal | Kolkata         |
| 423     | Serampore               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 424     | Tamluk                  | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |

## AVERAGE NUMBER OF PASSPORT APPLICATIONS PROCESSED PER MONTH AT THE 36 PASSPORT OFFICES DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY- OCTOBER, 2019

| Applications Processed in 2019   | Applications Processed in 2019   | Applications Processed in 2019   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| SI. No.                          | RPO                              | Average                          |
| 1                                | RPO Ahmedabad                    | 55407                            |
| 2                                | RPO Amritsar                     | 17583                            |
| 3                                | RPO Bareilly                     | 11761                            |
| 4                                | RPO Bengaluru                    | 64424                            |
| 5                                | RPO Bhopal                       | 18372                            |
| 6                                | RPO Bhubaneswar                  | 9498                             |
| 7                                | RPO Chandigarh                   | 58659                            |
| 8                                | RPO Chennai                      | 39682                            |
| 9                                | RPO Cochin                       | 40547                            |
| 10                               | RPO Coimbatore                   | 14163                            |
| 11                               | RPO Dehradun                     | 8639                             |
| 12                               | RPO Delhi                        | 54738                            |
| 13                               | RPO Ghaziabad                    | 22339                            |
| 14                               | RPO Goa                          | 4476                             |
| 15                               | RPO Guwahati                     | 12084                            |
| 16                               | RPO Hyderabad                    | 45002                            |
| 17                               | RPO Jaipur                       | 30486                            |
| 18                               | RPO Jalandhar                    | 31102                            |
| 19                               | RPO Jammu                        | 4336                             |
| 20                               | RPO Kolkata                      | 51072                            |
| 21                               | RPO Kozhikode                    | 42836                            |
| 22                               | RPO Lucknow                      | 46779                            |
| 23                               | RPO Madurai                      | 19391                            |
| 24                               | RPO Mumbai                       | 67380                            |
| 25                               | RPO Nagpur                       | 9906                             |
| 26                               | RPO Patna                        | 23718                            |
| 27                               | RPO Pune                         | 32562                            |
| 28                               | RPO Raipur                       | 4805                             |
| 29                               | RPO Ranchi                       | 8029                             |
| 30                               | RPO Shimla                       | 4624                             |
| 31                               | RPO Srinagar                     | 5711                             |
| 32                               | RPO Surat                        | 14332                            |
| 33                               | RPO Tiruchirappalli              | 16754                            |
| 34                               | RPO Trivandrum                   | 17102                            |
| 35                               | RPO Vijayawada                   | 20742                            |
| 36                               | RPO Visakhapatnam                | 12764                            |

***