Lok Sabha Question No. 1762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Issuance of Passports
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU, BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1762

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## ISSUANCE OF PASSPORTS

## †1762.     SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU: DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to simplify the process for issuance of passport and to open new passport offices and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Ministry has directed to open Passport Seva Kendras in all the districts in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether Passport Seva Kendras are being opened in head post offices of the districts;
- (d) if so, the State-wise and district-wise details of the Passport Seva Kendras started so far including Chhattisgarh; and
- (e) the other steps being taken by the Government to improve the existing time consuming and complicated process for issuance of passport?

## ANSWER

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

(a) In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has announced a number of steps in the realm of passport policy which is expected to benefit the citizens of India applying for a passport. The details of these steps can be seen at Annexure-I .

(b) to (d) Before 2014, 77 Passport Seva Kendras were operational in the country. After 2014, 16 new Passport Seva Kendras were established by this Government. Thereafter, in the year 2017, a decision was taken in co-operation with the Department of Posts to open 'Post Office Passport Seva Kendras' (POPSK), under which as on 06 February, 2019, 326 POPSK have been established. Thus, as on 06 February, 2019, 419 'Passport Kendras' are operational in the country (which includes seven in Chhattisgarh) (Annexure-II) .

(e) Apart from the simplification of the steps detailed in Annexure-I, other steps to ease the issuance of passports are:

(I)  The mPassport Seva App with additional facilities to apply, pay and schedule appointments for passport services was launched on 26 th  June, 2018. This App is available in both Android and iOS platforms. Citizens would not require access to a computer and printer to apply for passport services. The mPassport Seva App will now support enhanced set of passport services such as:

- i. New User Registration
- ii. Sign In to Registered User Account
- iii. Application   form   filing   to   apply   for   Passport   and   Police   Clearance Certificate
- iv. Pay for Passport Services
- v. Appointment Scheduling
- vi. Application Availability Status vii. Document Advisor
- vii. Fee Calculator

(II) With effect from 26th June, 2018, an applicant can apply for passport from anywhere in India. This citizen-friendly initiative will enable applicants to choose the Regional Passport Office (RPO) and thus the desired Passport Seva Kendra (PSK)/ Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) under the RPO where they wish to   submit   their   application   irrespective   of   whether   the   present   residential address   specified   in   the   application   form   lies   within   the   jurisdiction   of   the selected RPO or not. The Police Verification would be conducted at the address specified in the application form. The passport will be printed and dispatched by the RPO selected for application submission by the applicant.

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## SIMPLIFICATION OF PASSPORT RULES

In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps in the realm of passport policy to ease the process of issue of passports. The details of these steps are given below:-

## A. Documents in support of proof of Date of Birth

As per the extant statutory provisions of the Passport Rules, 1980, all the applicants born on or after 26/01/1989, in order to get a passport, had to, hitherto, mandatorily submit the Birth Certificate as the proof of Date of Birth (DOB). It has now been decided that all applicants of passports can submit any one of  the   following   documents   as   the   proof   of   DOB   while   submitting   the passport application:

(i) Birth Certificate (BC) issued by the Registrar of Births & Deaths or the Municipal Corporation or any other prescribed authority whosoever has been empowered under the Registration of Birth & Deaths Act, 1969 to register the birth of a child born in India;

(ii) Transfer/School leaving/Matriculation Certificate issued by the school last attended/recognized educational board containing the DOB of the applicant;

- (iii) PAN Card issued by the Income Tax Department with the DOB of applicant;
- (iv) Aadhaar Card/e-Aadhaar having the DOB of applicant;

(v) Copy of the extract of the service record of the applicant (only in respect of   Government   servants)   or   the   Pay   Pension   Order   (in   respect   of   retired Government Servants), duly attested/certified by the officer/in-charge of the Administration of the concerned Ministry/Department of the applicant, having his DOB;

(vi) Driving license issued by the Transport Department of concerned State Government, having the DOB of applicant;

(vii) Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India having the DOB of applicant;

(viii)   Policy   Bond   issued   by  the  Public  Life  Insurance Corporations/Companies having the DOB of the holder of the insurance policy.

## B. Other Changes:

(i) The online passport application form now requires the applicant to provide the name of father or mother or legal guardian, i.e., only one parent and not both. This would enable single parents to apply for passports for their children and to also issue passports where the name of either the father or the mother is not required to be printed at the request of the applicant.

(ii) The total number of Annexes prescribed in the Passport Rule, 1980, has been reduced to 9 from the past 15.

(iii) All the annexes that are required to be given by the applicants would be in the form of a self declaration on a plain paper. Attestation/swearing by/ before any Notary/ Executive Magistrate/ First Class Judicial Magistrate would not be required.

(iv) Married   applicants   would   not   be   required   to   provide   the   erstwhile Annexure K or any marriage certificate.

(v) The passport application form does not require the applicant to provide the name of her/his spouse in case of separated or divorced persons. Such applicants for passports would not be required to provide even the Divorce Decree.

(vi) In case of children not born out of wedlock, the applicant for the passport of such children should submit only extant Annexure C while submitting the passport application.

(vii) In case of issue of passport to in-country domestically adopted children, submission of the registered adoption deed would no longer be required. In the absence of any deed to this effect, the passport applicant may give a declaration on a plain paper confirming the adoption.

(viii) Government servants, who are not able to obtain the Identity Certificate (extant Annexure-A)/ No-Objection Certificate (extant Annexure-G) from their concerned employer and intend to get the passport on urgent basis can now get the passport by submitting a self-declaration in extant Annexure-'H' that he/she has given prior Intimation Letter to his/her employer informing that he/she was applying for an ordinary passport to a Passport Issuing Authority.

(ix) Sadhus/ Sanyasis can apply for a passport with the name of their spiritual Guru mentioned in the passport application in lieu of their biological parent(s) name(s) subject to their providing of at least one public document such as Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India, PAN card, Aadhaar Card, etc wherein the name of the Guru has been recorded against the column(s) for parent(s) name(s).

(x) Orphaned children who do not have any proof of DOB such as Birth Certificate or the Matriculation Certificate or the declaratory Court order, may now submit a declaration given by the Head of the Orphanage/Child Care Home on their   official   letter   head   of   the   organization   confirming   the   DOB   of   the applicant.

(xi) An applicant for a passport has to submit any one of the documents as mentioned in (A) above as proof of Date of Birth (DOB) while submitting the passport application. The DOB mentioned in the document would be recorded in the   passport.   In   case   there   is   a   discrepancy   between   the   DOB   previously recorded in the passport and the new proof of DOB submitted by the applicant, the Passport Issuing Authorities (PIA)  have  been  authorized  to   consider   the explanation of each applicant seeking change in the DOB (irrespective of the period  that   would   have   lapsed   after   the   issue   of   the   passport)   to   find   the genuineness of the claim and if the PIA is satisfied with the claim and with the document(s) submitted by the applicant in support of the claim, the PIA shall accept all such requests made by the applicant to issue the passport with revised DOB.

(xii) Passports   can   be   now   obtained   under   the   'T atkaal'   Scheme   without providing the Verification Certificate from a Gazetted Officer, which was required earlier. The documents to be submitted for getting a passport under this Scheme

have been notified vide G.S.R. 39(E) dated 18 January, 2018 and O.M. No. VI/401/1/4/2013 dated 23 March 2018 read with O.M. of even number dated 17 April   2018.   Applicants   may   submit   minimum   three   out   of   the   following documents for obtaining passport:

(a)  Aadhaar Card/e-Aaadhar containing the 12 digit Aadhaar number/28-digit Aadhaar Enrolment ID printed on the Aadhaar Enrolment Slip issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). (b) Electors Photo Identify Card (EPIC) (b) Service Photo Identity Card issued by State or Central Govemment, Public Sector Undertaking, local bodies or Public Limited Companies; (d) Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Class Certificate; (e) Arms License; (f) Pension Document such as Ex-servicemen's Pension Book or Pension Payment order, ex-servicemen's widow or dependent Certificate, Old Age pension Order; (g) Self-Passport (unrevoked and undamaged): (h) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; (i) Bank/Kisan/Post Office Passbook; (j) Student Photo Identity Card issued by an Educational Institution; (k) Driving License (valid and within the jurisdiction of State of submission of applicant); (l) Birth Certificate issued under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act; and (m) Ration Card

(xiii) Now Passports can also be obtained under the Normal scheme on out-ofturn post-Police Verification   basis   without   paying   any   additional   fees   on   the submission of minimum three documents mentioned in para-xii.

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## ANNEXURE-II

|   S.No. | Locations                   | State/UT          | Passport Office   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Anantpur                    | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|       2 | Bhimavaram                  | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|       3 | Rajampet (Kodur)            | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|       4 | Bapatla                     | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|       5 | Chittoor                    | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|       6 | Guntur                      | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|       7 | Machlipattnam (Gudivada)    | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|       8 | Nandyal                     | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|       9 | Narasaraopet                | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      10 | Ongole                      | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      11 | Hindupur                    | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      12 | Kadappa                     | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      13 | Kurnool                     | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      14 | Nellore                     | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      15 | Amalapuram                  | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|      16 | Eluru                       | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|      17 | Srikakulam                  | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|      18 | Kakinada                    | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|      19 | Rajamundry                  | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|      20 | Tirupati                    | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      21 | Vijayawada                  | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        |
|      22 | Visakhapatnam               | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|      23 | Vizianagaram                | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     |
|      24 | Arunachal East (Changlang)  | Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati          |
|      25 | Arunachal East (Khonsa)     | Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati          |
|      26 | Itanagar                    | Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati          |
|      27 | Barpeta                     | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      28 | Dibrugarh                   | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      29 | Dhubri                      | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      30 | Dubri (Goalpara)            | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      31 | Guwahati                    | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      32 | Karbi Anglong               | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      33 | Kokrajhar                   | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      34 | Mangaldoi                   | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      35 | Nawgong                     | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      36 | Lakhimpur (North Lakhimpur) | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      37 | Silchar                     | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      38 | Tezpur                      | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      39 | Dibrugarh (Tinsukia)        | Assam             | Guwahati          |
|      40 | Arrah                       | Bihar             | Patna             |
|      41 | Begusarai                   | Bihar             | Patna             |
|      42 | Bhagalpur                   | Bihar             | Patna             |
|      43 | Buxar                       | Bihar             | Patna             |

| 44    | Darbhanga                      | Bihar                | Patna               |
|-------|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 45    | Saran (Chhapra)                | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 46    | East Champaran (Motihari)      | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 47    | Gaya                           | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 48    | Hajipur                        | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 49    | Jamui                          | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 50    | Madhubani                      | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 51    | Madhepura(Saharsa)             | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 52    | Munger                         | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 53    | Muzaffarpur                    | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 54    | Nalanda                        | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 55    | Navada                         | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 56    | Patna                          | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 57    | Purnea                         | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 58    | Sasaram                        | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 59    | Samastipur                     | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 60    | Sitamarhi                      | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 61    | Siwan                          | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 62    | Paschim Champaran (Bettiah)    | Bihar                | Patna               |
| 63    | Chandigarh                     | Chandigarh           | Chandigarh          |
| 64    | Bilaspur                       | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur              |
| 65    | Durg                           | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur              |
| 66    | Janjgir-Champa                 | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur              |
| 67    | Raigarh                        | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur              |
| 68    | Raipur                         | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur              |
| 69    | Rajnandgaon                    | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur              |
| 70    | Surguja                        | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur              |
| 71    | Dadar & Nagar Haveli (Silvasa) | Dadar & Nagar Haveli | Mumbai              |
| 72    | Daman & Diu ( Daman)           | Daman & Diu          | Mumbai              |
| 73    | Bhikaji Cama Place             | Delhi                | Delhi               |
| 74    | Herald House                   | Delhi                | Delhi               |
| 75    | Janak Puri                     | Delhi                | Delhi               |
| 76    | Shalimar Place                 | Delhi                | Delhi               |
| 77    | South Delhi (Nehru Place)      | Delhi                | Delhi               |
| 78    | East Delhi (Patparganj)        | Delhi                | Delhi               |
| 79    | Yamuna Vihar                   | Delhi                | Delhi               |
| 80    | Panaji                         | Goa                  | Panaji              |
| 81    | South Goa (Margao)             | Goa                  | Panaji              |
| 82    | Amreli                         | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad           |
| 83    | Anand                          | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad           |
| 84    | Bharuch                        | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad           |
| 85    | Chhota Udaipur                 | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad           |
| 86    | Dahod                          | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad           |
| 87    | Gandhinagar                    | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad           |
| 88 89 | Jamnagar Junagadh              | Gujarat Gujarat      | Ahmedabad Ahmedabad |

|   90 | Kheda                          | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|   91 | Banaskantha (Palanpur)         | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   92 | Kachchh (Bhuj)                 | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   93 | Bhavnagar                      | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   94 | Mithakali                      | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   95 | Mehsana                        | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   96 | Porbandar                      | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   97 | Patan                          | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   98 | Rajkot                         | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|   99 | Sabarkantha                    | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|  100 | Surendranagar                  | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|  101 | Junagadh (Veraval)             | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|  102 | Vadodara                       | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|  103 | Vijay Cross Road               | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad         |
|  104 | Bardoli                        | Gujarat                         | Surat             |
|  105 | Navsari                        | Gujarat                         | Surat             |
|  106 | Surat                          | Gujarat                         | Surat             |
|  107 | Valsad                         | Gujarat                         | Surat             |
|  108 | Ambala                         | Haryana                         | Chandigarh        |
|  109 | Bhiwani Mahendragarh           | Haryana                         | Chandigarh        |
|  110 | Gurugram                       | Haryana                         | Delhi             |
|  111 | Kaithal                        | Haryana                         | Chandigarh        |
|  112 | Karnal                         | Haryana                         | Chandigarh        |
|  113 | Hisar                          | Haryana                         | Chandigarh        |
|  114 | Karnal (Panipat)               | Haryana                         | Chandigarh        |
|  115 | Ambala (Yamunanagar)           | Haryana                         | Chandigarh        |
|  116 | Faridabad                      | Haryana                         | Delhi             |
|  117 | Bhiwani Mahendragarh (Narnaul) | Haryana                         | Delhi             |
|  118 | Rohtak                         | Haryana                         | Delhi             |
|  119 | Sonipat                        | Haryana                         | Delhi             |
|  120 | Mandi                          | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla            |
|  121 | Kangra (Palampur)              | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla            |
|  122 | Hamirpur                       | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla            |
|  123 | Kangra                         | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla            |
|  124 | Mandi (Kullu)                  | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla            |
|  125 | Hamirpur (Una)                 | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla            |
|  126 | Shimla                         | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla            |
|  127 | Udhampur (Kathua)              | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Jammu             |
|  128 | Jammu (Rajouri)                | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Jammu             |
|  129 | Jammu                          | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Jammu             |
|  130 | Udhampur                       | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Jammu             |
|  131 | Anantnag                       | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Srinagar          |
|  132 | Baramulla                      | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Srinagar          |
|  133 | Ladhak (Leh)                   | Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar Srinagar |
|  134 | Srinagar                       |                                 |                   |

| 136     | Giridih                  | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
| 137     | Lohardaga (Gumla)        | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 138     | Hazaribagh               | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 139     | Jamshedpur               | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 140     | Godda (Deoghar)          | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 141     | Dhanbad                  | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 142     | Dumka                    | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 143     | Palamu (Medininagar)     | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 144     | Ranchi                   | Jharkhand     | Ranchi                |
| 145     | Mysuru                   | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 146     | Belagavi                 | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 147     | Bellary                  | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 148     | Bidar                    | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 149     | Davangere                | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 150     | Bagalkot (Gadag)         | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 151     | Hassan                   | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 152     | Hubli                    | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 153     | Kalaburagi               | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 154     | Kolar(Robertsonpet)      | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 155     | Koppal                   | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 156     | Lalbagh                  | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 157     | Mangalore                | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 158     | Marathahalli             | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 159     | Raichur                  | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 160     | Shivamogga               | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 161     | Tumakuru                 | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 162     | Chikmagalur (Udupi)      | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 163     | Uttar Kannada(Ankola)    | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 164     | Bijayapur                | Karnataka     | Bengaluru             |
| 165     | Alapuzha                 | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 166     | Cochin                   | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 167     | Ernakulam (Rural)        | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 168     | Kottayam                 | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 169     | Mavalikkara (Chengannur) | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 170     | Idukki (Kattappana)      | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 171     | Palakkad                 | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 172     | Thrissur                 | Kerala        | Cochin                |
| 173     | Kannur                   | Kerala        | Kozhikode             |
| 174     | Kasargod                 | Kerala        | Kozhikode             |
| 175     | Kozhikode                | Kerala        | Kozhikode             |
| 176     | Malappuram               | Kerala        | Kozhikode             |
| 177     | Vadakara                 | Kerala        | Kozhikode             |
| 178     | Payyanur                 | Kerala        | Kozhikode             |
| 179 180 | Kollam Pathanamthitta    | Kerala Kerala | Trivandrum Trivandrum |
| 181     | Trivandrum               | Kerala        | Trivandrum            |

| 182     | Trivandrum (Rural)              | Kerala                  | Trivandrum   |
|---------|---------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
| 183     | Lakshadweep (Kavaratti)         | Lakshadweep             | Cochin       |
| 184     | Balaghat                        | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 185     | Betul                           | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 186     | Bhopal                          | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 187     | Chhindwara                      | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 188     | Damoh                           | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 189     | Dewas                           | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 190     | Dhar                            | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 191     | Hoshangabad                     | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 192     | Indore                          | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 193     | Vidisha                         | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 194     | Jabalpur                        | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 195     | Gwalior                         | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 196     | Ratlam                          | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 197     | Sagar                           | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 198     | Satna                           | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal       |
| 199     | Andheri                         | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 200     | Aurangabad                      | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 201     | Lower Parel                     | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 202     | Malad                           | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 203     | Nasik                           | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 204     | Thane                           | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 205     | Akola                           | Maharashtra             | Nagpur       |
| 206     | Amravati                        | Maharashtra             | Nagpur       |
| 207     | Buldhana                        | Maharashtra             | Nagpur       |
| 208     | Chandrapur                      | Maharashtra             | Nagpur       |
| 209     | Nagpur                          | Maharashtra             | Nagpur       |
| 210     | Wardha                          | Maharashtra             | Nagpur       |
| 211     | Yavatmal-Washim (Yavatmal)      | Maharashtra             | Nagpur       |
| 212     | Mumbai NE (Vikroli)             | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 213     | Jalgaon                         | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 214     | Ratnagiri Sindhugurh ( Rajapur) | Maharashtra             | Mumbai       |
| 215     | Ahmednagar                      | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 216     | Baramati                        | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 217     | Beed                            | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 218     | Jalna                           | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 219     | Latur                           | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 220     | Kolhapur                        | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 221     | Nanded                          | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 222     | Pune                            | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 223     | Solapur                         | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 224     | Solapur (Pandharpur)            | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 225     | Maval (Pimpri Chinchwad)        | Maharashtra             | Pune         |
| 226 227 | Sangli Satara                   | Maharashtra Maharashtra | Pune Pune    |

| 228     | Imphal                        | Manipur          | Guwahati         |
|---------|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 229     | Outer Manipur(Kakching)       | Manipur          | Guwahati         |
| 230     | Shillong                      | Meghalaya        | Guwahati         |
| 231     | Tura                          | Meghalaya        | Guwahati         |
| 232     | Aizawl                        | Mizoram          | Guwahati         |
| 233     | Dimapur                       | Nagaland         | Guwahati         |
| 234     | Aska                          | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 235     | Balasore                      | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 236     | Bhubaneswar                   | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 237     | Mayurbhanj (Baripada)         | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 238     | Bargarh                       | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 239     | Berhampur                     | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 240     | Bolangir                      | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 241     | Bhadrak                       | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 242     | Kalahandi (Bhawanipatna)      | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 243     | Cuttack                       | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 244     | Dhenkanal                     | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 245     | Jajpur                        | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 246     | Jagatsinghpur                 | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 247     | Kandhamal (Phulbani)          | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 248     | Kendrapara                    | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 249     | Keonjhar                      | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 250     | Koraput                       | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 251     | Puri                          | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 252     | Nabarangpur                   | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 253     | Sundergarh (Rourkela)         | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 254     | Sambalpur                     | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar      |
| 255     | Puducherry                    | Puducherry       | Tiruchirapalli   |
| 256     | Puducherry (Karaikal)         | Puducherry       | Tiruchirapalli   |
| 257     | Amritsar                      | Punjab           | Amritsar         |
| 258     | Firozpur                      | Punjab           | Amritsar         |
| 259     | Ludhiana                      | Punjab           | Chandigarh       |
| 260     | Bathinda                      | Punjab           | Chandigarh       |
| 261     | Fatehgarh Sahib(Basi Pattana) | Punjab           | Chandigarh       |
| 262     | Patiala                       | Punjab           | Chandigarh       |
| 263     | Sangrur(Malerkotla)           | Punjab           | Chandigarh       |
| 264     | SBS Nagar(Ropar)              | Punjab           | Chandigarh       |
| 265     | Gurdaspur (Pathankot)         | Punjab           | Jalandhar        |
| 266     | Hoshiyarpur                   | Punjab           | Jalandhar        |
| 267     | Hoshiyarpur (Phagwara)        | Punjab           | Jalandhar        |
| 268     | Jalandhar I                   | Punjab           | Jalandhar        |
| 269     | Jalandhar II                  | Punjab           | Jalandhar        |
| 270 271 | Faridkot (Moga) Ajmer         | Punjab Rajasthan | Jalandhar Jaipur |
| 272     | Alwar                         | Rajasthan        | Jaipur           |
| 273     | Banswara                      | Rajasthan        | Jaipur           |

| 274     | Barmer                                 | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
|---------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
| 275     | Bharatpur                              | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 276     | Chittorgarh                            | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 277     | Churu                                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 278     | Karauli-Dhaulpur                       | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 279     | Kota                                   | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 280     | Bikaner                                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 281     | Ganganagar (Hanumangarh)               | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 282     | Jaipur                                 | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 283     | Jhunjhunu                              | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 284     | Jodhpur                                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 285     | Barmer (Jaisalmer)                     | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 286     | Dausa                                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 287     | Jhalawar Baran (Jhalawar)              | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 288     | Jaipur Rural (Kotputli)                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 289     | Nagaur                                 | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 290     | Pali                                   | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 291     | Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Sawai Madhopur)   | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 292     | Sikar                                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 293     | Sriganganagar                          | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 294     | Udaipur                                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 295     | Gangtok                                | Sikkim                | Guwahati        |
| 296     | Aminjikarai                            | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 297     | Arani                                  | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 298     | Arakkonam(Ranipet)                     | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 299     | Cuddalore                              | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 300     | Cheenai North (Chennai GPO)            | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 301     | Dharmapuri                             | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 302     | Kallakurichi                           | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 303     | Kancheepuram                           | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 304     | Saligramam                             | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 305     | Tambaram                               | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 306     | Tiruvallur                             | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 307     | Tiruvannamalai                         | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 308     | Vellore                                | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 309     | Viluppuram                             | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 310     | Coimbatore                             | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore      |
| 311     | Nilgiris (Coonoor)                     | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore      |
| 312     | Erode                                  | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore      |
| 313     | Namakkal (Rasipuram)                   | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore      |
| 314     | Salem                                  | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore      |
| 315     | Madurai                                | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai         |
| 316     | Shivaganga (Devakottai)                | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai         |
| 317     | Tirunelveli                            | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai Madurai |
| 318 319 | Theni(Bodineyaknur) Tenkasi(Rajpalyam) | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Madurai         |

|   320 | Kanyakumari (Nagercoil)   | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai        |
|-------|---------------------------|---------------|----------------|
|   321 | Dindigul(Kodairoad)       | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai        |
|   322 | Virudhunagar              | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai        |
|   323 | Thanjavur                 | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirapalli |
|   324 | Tiruchirapalli            | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirapalli |
|   325 | Perambalur                | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirapalli |
|   326 | Adilabad                  | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   327 | Ameerpet                  | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   328 | Begumpet                  | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   329 | Bhongir                   | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   330 | Karimnagar                | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   331 | Khammam                   | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   332 | Medak                     | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   333 | Mehbubnagar               | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   334 | Nalgonda                  | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   335 | Nizamabad                 | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   336 | Medak (Siddipet)          | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   337 | Toli Chowki               | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   338 | Warangal                  | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
|   339 | Agartala                  | Tripura       | Kolkata        |
|   340 | Amroha                    | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
|   341 | Badaun                    | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
|   342 | Bareilly                  | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
|   343 | Bijnaur                   | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
|   344 | Moradabad                 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
|   345 | Pilibhit                  | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
|   346 | Rampur                    | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
|   347 | Agra                      | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   348 | Aligarh                   | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   349 | Bulandshahr               | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   350 | Fatehpur Sikri(Achnera)   | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   351 | Ghaziabad                 | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   352 | Hathras                   | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   353 | Saharanpur                | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   354 | Mathura (Vrindawan)       | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   355 | Meerut                    | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   356 | Muzaffarnagar             | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
|   357 | Allahabad                 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
|   358 | Amethi                    | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
|   359 | Faizabad (Ayodhya)        | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
|   360 | Azamgarh                  | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
|   361 | Bhadohi                   | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
|   362 | Bahraich                  | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
|   363 | Ballia                    | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
|   364 | Shrawasti (Balrampur)     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |

| 366     | Mirzapur (Chunar)             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
|---------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
| 367     | Deoria                        | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 368     | Fatehpur                      | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 369     | Ghazipur                      | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 370     | Gonda                         | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 371     | Hamirpur                      | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 372     | Jaunpur                       | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 373     | Jhansi                        | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 374     | Gorakhpur                     | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 375     | Goshi (Mau)                   | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 376     | Kanpur                        | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 377     | Lucknow                       | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 378     | Pratapgarh                    | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 379     | Rae Bareli                    | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 380     | Sitapur                       | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 381     | Sultanpur                     | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 382     | Unnao                         | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 383     | Varanasi                      | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow         |
| 384     | Almora                        | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 385     | Dehradun                      | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 386     | Nainital (Kathgodam)          | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 387     | Nainital                      | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 388     | Haridwar (Roorkee)            | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 389     | Naintal (Rudrapur)            | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 390     | Garhwal (Srinagar)            | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun        |
| 391     | Arambagh                      | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 392     | Alipurduar                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 393     | Asansol                       | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 394     | Balurghat                     | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 395     | Bangaon                       | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 396     | Bardhaman                     | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 397     | Barasat (Ashok Nagar )        | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 398     | Barrackpore                   | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 399     | Berhampore                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 400     | Birbhum (Rampurhat)           | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 401     | Coochbehar                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 402     | Hoogly (Chinsurah)            | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 403     | Diamond Harbour               | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 404     | Darjeeling                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 405     | Dum Dum                       | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 406     | Howrah                        | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 407     | Jadavpur                      | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 408     | Jalpaiguri                    | West Bengal             | Kolkata         |
| 409     | Kanthi                        | West Bengal             | Kolkata Kolkata |
| 410 411 | Kolkata Medinipur (Kharagpur) | West Bengal West Bengal | Kolkata         |

|   412 | Nadia (Krishnanagar)          | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|-------|-------------------------------|---------------|-----------|
|   413 | Kolkata Uttar (Beadon Street) | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   414 | Malda Dakshin( Makdumpur)     | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   415 | Raiganj (North Dinajpur)      | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   416 | Ranaghat                      | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   417 | Siliguri                      | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   418 | Serampore                     | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   419 | Tamluk                        | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |

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