Lok Sabha Question No. 262 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: PSK in West Bengal
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.262

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## PSK IN WEST BENGAL

262.     SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up new PSK in Uluberia PC in West Bengal and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposals for the same for the locations in Bagnan and Howrah in West Bengal;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of PSKs set up during the last two years across the country including West Bengal?

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

- (a) Yes, the Ministry has decided to set up a Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) in Uluberia PC. (b) & (c) The Ministry has also decided to set up a POPSK at Howrah. The POPSK in Uluberia PC will also serve the passport applicants of Bagnan which falls in Uluberia PC.

(d) The Ministry has set up 248 Passport Kendras between 01 January, 2017 and 06 December, 2018, including 14 in West Bengal. The Ministry set up 12 Passport Kendras between 01 June, 2014 and December, 2016 taking the number of new Passport Kendras in the country to 260.  The list is at Annexure-I.

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| ANNEXURE-I   | ANNEXURE-I                    | ANNEXURE-I                     | ANNEXURE-I      |
|--------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
| LIST S.No    | OF PASSPORT KENDRAS Locations | SET UP SINCE MAY 2014 State/UT | Passport Office |
| . 1          | Anantpur                      | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 2            | Amalapuram                    | Andhra Pradesh                 | Visakhapatnam   |
| 3            | Bapatla                       | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 4            | Bhimavaram                    | Andhra Pradesh                 | Visakhapatnam   |
| 5            | Chittoor                      | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 6            | Eluru                         | Andhra Pradesh                 | Visakhapatnam   |
| 7            | Guntur                        | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 8            | Krishna-Gudivada              | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 9            | Ongole                        | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 10           | Srikakulam                    | Andhra Pradesh                 | Visakhapatnam   |
| 11           | Kadappa                       | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 12           | Kakinada                      | Andhra Pradesh                 | Visakhapatnam   |
| 13           | Kurnool                       | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 14           | Nellore                       | Andhra Pradesh                 | Vijayawada      |
| 15           | Rajamundry                    | Andhra Pradesh                 | Visakhapatnam   |
| 16           | Vizianagaram                  | Andhra Pradesh                 | Visakhapatnam   |
| 17           | Changlang                     | Arunachal Pradesh              | Guwahati        |
| 18           | Itanagar                      | Arunachal Pradesh              | Guwahati        |
| 19           | Tirap                         | Arunachal Pradesh              | Guwahati        |
| 20           | Dibrugarh                     | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 21           | Dhubri                        | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 22           | Goalpara                      | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 23           | Karbi Anglong                 | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 24           | Kokrajhar                     | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 25           | Mangaldoi                     | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 26           | North Lakhimpur               | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 27           | Silchar                       | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 28           | Sonitpur(Tezpur)              | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 29           | Tinsukia                      | Assam                          | Guwahati        |
| 30           | Begusarai                     | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 31           | Buxar                         | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 32           | Chhapra                       | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 33           | Darbhanga                     | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 34           | East Champaran (Motihari)     | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 35           | Gaya                          | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 36           | Hajipur                       | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 37           | Madhubani                     | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 38           | Munger                        | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 39           | Muzaffarpur                   | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 40           | Nalanda                       | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 41           | Navada                        | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 42           | Purnea                        | Bihar                          | Patna           |
| 43 44        | Bhagalpur                     | Bihar                          | Patna Patna     |
| 45           | Samastipur Siwan              | Bihar Bihar                    | Patna           |
| 46           | Bettiah                       | Bihar                          | Patna           |

|   47 | Bilaspur           | Chhattisgarh                    | Raipur     |
|------|--------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
|   48 | Durg               | Chhattisgarh                    | Raipur     |
|   49 | Rajnandgaon        | Chhattisgarh                    | Raipur     |
|   50 | Surguja            | Chhattisgarh                    | Raipur     |
|   51 | Silvasa            | Dadar & Nagar Haveli            | Mumbai     |
|   52 | Daman              | Daman                           | Mumbai     |
|   53 | Janak Puri         | Delhi                           | Delhi      |
|   54 | Nehru Place        | Delhi                           | Delhi      |
|   55 | Patparganj         | Delhi                           | Delhi      |
|   56 | Yamuna Vihar       | Delhi                           | Delhi      |
|   57 | South Goa          | Goa                             | Panaji     |
|   58 | Amreli             | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   59 | Anand              | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   60 | Bardoli            | Gujarat                         | Surat      |
|   61 | Bharuch            | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   62 | Dahod              | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   63 | Jamnagar           | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   64 | Junagadh           | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   65 | Kheda              | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   66 | Palanpur           | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   67 | Bhuj               | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   68 | Bhavnagar          | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   69 | Mehsana            | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   70 | Porbandar          | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   71 | Sabarkantha        | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   72 | Surendranagar      | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   73 | Veraval            | Gujarat                         | Ahmedabad  |
|   74 | Navsari            | Gujarat                         | Surat      |
|   75 | Valsad             | Gujarat                         | Surat      |
|   76 | Bhiwani            | Haryana                         | Chandigarh |
|   77 | Kaithal            | Haryana                         | Chandigarh |
|   78 | Karnal             | Haryana                         | Chandigarh |
|   79 | Hisar              | Haryana                         | Chandigarh |
|   80 | Panipat            | Haryana                         | Chandigarh |
|   81 | Yamunanagar        | Haryana                         | Chandigarh |
|   82 | Faridabad          | Haryana                         | Delhi      |
|   83 | Narnaul            | Haryana                         | Delhi      |
|   84 | Rohtak             | Haryana                         | Delhi      |
|   85 | Sonipat            | Haryana                         | Delhi      |
|   86 | Mandi              | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla     |
|   87 | Palampur           | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla     |
|   88 | Hamirpur           | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla     |
|   89 | Kangra             | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla     |
|   90 | Kullu              | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla     |
|   91 | Una                | Himachal Pradesh                | Shimla     |
|   92 | Kathua             | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Jammu      |
|   93 | Rajouri            | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Jammu      |
|   94 | Anantnag           | Jammu & Kashmir                 | Srinagar   |
|   95 | Baramulla Udhampur | Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar   |
|   96 |                    |                                 | Jammu      |

|   97 | Leh                 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Srinagar    |
|------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
|   98 | Bokaro              | Jharkhand               | Ranchi      |
|   99 | Hazaribagh          | Jharkhand               | Ranchi      |
|  100 | Jamshedpur          | Jharkhand               | Ranchi      |
|  101 | Deoghar             | Jharkhand               | Ranchi      |
|  102 | Dhanbad             | Jharkhand               | Ranchi      |
|  103 | Dumka               | Jharkhand               | Ranchi      |
|  104 | Medininagar         | Jharkhand               | Ranchi      |
|  105 | Mysuru              | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  106 | Belagavi            | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  107 | Bellary             | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  108 | Bidar               | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  109 | Davangere           | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  110 | Gadag               | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  111 | Hassan              | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  112 | Kalaburagi          | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  113 | Raichur             | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  114 | Shivamogga          | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  115 | Tumakuru            | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  116 | Udupi               | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  117 | Vijayapur           | Karnataka               | Bengaluru   |
|  118 | Chengannur          | Kerala                  | Cochin      |
|  119 | Idukki (Kattappana) | Kerala                  | Cochin      |
|  120 | Kasargod            | Kerala                  | Kozhikode   |
|  121 | Pathanamthitta      | Kerala                  | Trivandrum  |
|  122 | Kavaratti           | Lakshadweep             | Cochin      |
|  123 | Balaghat            | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  124 | Betul               | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  125 | Chhindwara          | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  126 | Damoh               | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  127 | Dewas               | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  128 | Hoshangabad         | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  129 | Indore              | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  130 | Vidisha             | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  131 | Jabalpur            | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  132 | Gwalior             | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  133 | Ratlam              | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  134 | Sagar               | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  135 | Satna               | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal      |
|  136 | Ahmednagar          | Maharashtra             | Pune        |
|  137 | Aurangabad          | Maharashtra             | Mumbai      |
|  138 | Baramati            | Maharashtra             | Pune        |
|  139 | Beed                | Maharashtra             | Pune        |
|  140 | Chandrapur          | Maharashtra             | Nagpur      |
|  141 | Ghatkopar/Vikhroli  | Maharashtra             | Mumbai      |
|  142 | Jalgaon             | Maharashtra             | Mumbai      |
|  143 | Jalna               | Maharashtra             | Pune        |
|  144 | Latur Wardha        | Maharashtra Maharashtra | Pune Nagpur |
|  145 |                     |                         | Pune        |
|  146 | Kolhapur            | Maharashtra             |             |

| 147     | Nanded                 | Maharashtra           | Pune            |
|---------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
| 148     | Pandharpur             | Maharashtra           | Pune            |
| 149     | Pimpri Chinchwad       | Maharashtra           | Pune            |
| 150     | Rajapur                | Maharashtra           | Mumbai          |
| 151     | Sangli                 | Maharashtra           | Pune            |
| 152     | Satara                 | Maharashtra           | Pune            |
| 153     | Solapur                | Maharashtra           | Pune            |
| 154     | Imphal                 | Manipur               | Guwahati        |
| 155     | Shillong               | Meghalaya             | Guwahati        |
| 156     | Tura                   | Meghalaya             | Guwahati        |
| 157     | Aizawl                 | Mizoram               | Guwahati        |
| 158     | Dimapur                | Nagaland              | Guwahati        |
| 159     | Balasore               | Odisha                | Bhubaneshwar    |
| 160     | Baripada               | Odisha                | Bhubaneshwar    |
| 161     | Berhampur              | Odisha                | Bhubaneshwar    |
| 162     | Bhawanipatna           | Odisha                | Bhubaneshwar    |
| 163     | Keonjhar               | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar     |
| 164     | Rourkela               | Odisha                | Bhubaneshwar    |
| 165     | Sambalpur              | Odisha                | Bhubaneshwar    |
| 166     | Koraput                | Odisha                | Bhubaneshwar    |
| 167     | Karaikal               | Puducherry            | Tiruchirapalli  |
| 168     | Bathinda               | Punjab                | Chandigarh      |
| 169     | Patiala                | Punjab                | Chandigarh      |
| 170     | Pathankot              | Punjab                | Jalandhar       |
| 171     | Phagwara               | Punjab                | Jalandhar       |
| 172     | Moga                   | Punjab                | Jalandhar       |
| 173     | Puducherry             | Puducherry            | Chennai         |
| 174     | Ajmer                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 175     | Alwar                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 176 177 | Banswara Barmer        | Rajasthan Rajasthan   | Jaipur Jaipur   |
| 178     |                        | Rajasthan             |                 |
|         | Chittorgarh            |                       | Jaipur          |
| 179     | Churu                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 180     | Karauli-Dhaulpur       | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 181     | Kota                   | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 182     | Bikaner                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 183     | Hanumangarh            | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 184 185 | Jhunjhunu              | Rajasthan Rajasthan   | Jaipur          |
|         | Jaisalmer              |                       | Jaipur          |
| 186     | Jhalawar               | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 187     | Nagaur                 | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 188     | Pali                   | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 189     | Sriganganagar          | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 190     | Udaipur                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur          |
| 191     | Gangtok                | Sikkim                | Kolkata         |
| 192     | Cuddalore              | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |
| 193     | Devakottai             | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai         |
| 194 195 | Tiruvannamalai Vellore | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Chennai Chennai |
| 196     | Viluppuram             | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai         |

|   197 | Rasipuram             | Tamil Nadu              | Coimbatore     |
|-------|-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
|   198 | Salem                 | Tamil Nadu              | Coimbatore     |
|   199 | Kanyakumari           | Tamil Nadu              | Madurai        |
|   200 | Dindigul(Kodairoad)   | Tamil Nadu              | Madurai        |
|   201 | Virudhunagar          | Tamil Nadu              | Madurai        |
|   202 | Perambalur            | Tamil Nadu              | Tiruchirapalli |
|   203 | Adilabad              | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   204 | Karimnagar            | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   205 | Khammam               | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   206 | Medak                 | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   207 | Mehbubnagar           | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   208 | Nalgonda              | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   209 | Siddipet              | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   210 | Warangal (Hanamkonda) | Telangana               | Hyderabad      |
|   211 | Agartala              | Tripura                 | Kolkata        |
|   212 | Aligarh               | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad      |
|   213 | Amethi                | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   214 | Bijnaur               | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly       |
|   215 | Bulandshahr           | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad      |
|   216 | Chunar                | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   217 | Moradabad             | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly       |
|   218 | Pilibhit              | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly       |
|   219 | Agra                  | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad      |
|   220 | Fatehpur              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   221 | Mathura               | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad      |
|   222 | Meerut                | Uttar Pradesh           | Ghaziabad      |
|   223 | Ballia                | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   224 | Balrampur             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   225 | Jhansi                | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   226 | Ghazipur              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   227 | Ayodhya/ Faizabad     | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   228 | Allahabad             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   229 | Azamgarh              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   230 | Bahraich              | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   231 | Deoria                | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   232 | Gonda                 | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   233 | Jaunpur               | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   234 | Mau                   | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   235 | Unnao                 | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   236 | Pratapgarh            | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   237 | Rae Bareli            | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   238 | Rampur                | Uttar Pradesh           | Bareilly       |
|   239 | Sitapur               | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   240 | Sultanpur             | Uttar Pradesh           | Lucknow        |
|   241 | Almora                | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun       |
|   242 | Haldwani (Kathgodam)  | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun       |
|   243 | Nainital              | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun       |
|   244 | Roorkee               | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun       |
|   245 | Rudrapur Srinagar     | Uttarakhand Uttarakhand | Dehradun       |
|   246 |                       |                         | Dehradun       |

|   247 | Asansol                       | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|-------|-------------------------------|---------------|-----------|
|   248 | Balurghat                     | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   249 | Bardhaman                     | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   250 | Barrackpore                   | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   251 | Birbhum (Rampurhat)           | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   252 | Raiganj (North Dinajpur)      | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   253 | Chinsurah                     | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   254 | Diamond Harbour               | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   255 | Jalpaiguri                    | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   256 | Malda                         | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   257 | Medinipur (Kharagpur)         | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   258 | Nadia (Krishnanagar)          | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   259 | North Kolkata (Beadon Street) | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   260 | Siliguri                      | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |

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