Lok Sabha Question No. 2641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: Passport Process
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Veena Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2641

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2019

## PASSPORT PROCESS

## † 2641. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has announced two major changes to accelerate the passport procurement process for first time applicants and further facilitate the appointment time in the regional passport Seva Kendra and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether submission of three documents along with a general category application would facilitate the procurement of fresh passport within a week;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof and whether the Government proposes to set up new passport Seva Kendra at other places of the country; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) & (b) The Ministry has eased the passport issuing process and has made   it   an   online   procedure   including   getting   appointments   for submission of documents for passports. Effective technical infrastructure is in place to ensure that the Passport Seva system is available for access at all times from any location. The Passport Portal (www.passportindia.gov.in)   is   accessible   to   anyone,   anywhere   and anytime. With a view to address the challenge of digital divide, especially in the rural hinterland, the Ministry in association with CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd. (which is promoted by the Department of Electronics and IT), has facilitated online filing of passport applications, through the vast network of Common Service Centres (CSCs) across rural hinterland.

In the year 2017, a decision was taken to open 'Post Office Passport Seva Kendras' (POPSK) in co-operation with the Department of Posts. 424 POPSKs are operational in the country as on 28 th  November, 2019.

An applicant can now apply for a passport from anywhere in India. But Police verification would be conducted by the Police Station in whose jurisdiction the address mentioned in the form falls and the passport will also be dispatched at the same address.

The mPassport Seva mobile app enables to apply, pay and schedule

appointments for passport services. This App is available in Android and iOS   platforms.   It   also   provides   passport   related   information   including location   of   Passport   Seva   Kendras   (PSKs),   applicable   fees,   mode   of submission, and tracking of passport application status on smart phones. Citizens would not require access to a computer and printer to apply for passport services.

Securing online appointment for submission of passport applications at   PSK/   POPSK   has   been   simplified.   The   current   provision   is   allowing applicants to choose any appointment date from the earliest five available dates (working days) for scheduling/ rescheduling an appointment for passport   related   services.   Earlier,   the   System   used   to   offer   only   one available   date   to   the   applicant   for   seeking   appointment   for   passport related services.

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

(c) & (d)   Yes. There are 93 PSKs and 424 POPSKs functioning in the country as on 28 November, 2019. The list of 517 Passport Kendras is at Annexure - II . The opening of Passport Kendras in various States in the country is an on-going activity and depends on several factors, including distance from the existing Passport Kendras and volume of applications from a particular region.

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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.T ransfer/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 T ax 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.Election   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 be henceforth not 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 Election 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. The educational certificates of recognized International Education Organizations such as International Baccalaureate Certificate or

- Middle   Year   Programme,   International   Baccalaureate   Diploma, IGCSE/GCSE Certificate, Cambridge International Systems (O & A Level) are accepted for issue of Non-ECR (Emigration Check Not Required) passport.
- xiii. In case of issue of passport to surrogate children, submission of registered surrogacy agreement would no longer be required. The passport applicant may submit notarized surrogate agreement in addition to other required documents.
- xiv. Exemption has been provided to the children below the age of 5 years   and   physically   disabled   persons   without   forelimbs   from giving biometric details (10 fingerprints) to the Passport Authority which otherwise is mandatory in every case.
- xv. To obviate the hardships being faced by the applicants due to non-possession of registered rent agreement, unregistered rent agreement has been prescribed as valid address proof for issue of passports.
- xvi.Passports   can   be   now   obtained   under   the   'T atkaal'   Scheme without   providing   the   Verification   Certificate   from   a   Gazetted Officer, which was required earlier. Applicants may submit any 3 of the following documents for obtaining passport:
1. Aadhaar   Card   or   e-Aadhaar   containing   the   12   digit   Aadhaar number   or   28-digit   Aadhaar   enrolment   ID   printed   on   the Aadhaar enrolment slip   issued   by   the   Unique   Identification Authority of India (UIDAI);
2. Electors Photo Identify Card (EPIC);
- 3.Service Photo Identity Card issued by State/Central Government, Public   Sector   Undertakings,   local   bodies   or   Public   Limited Companies;
4. Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class Certificate;
5. Arms License;
- 6.Pension Document such as Ex-servicemen's Pension Book/Pension Payment order, ex-servicemen's   widow/dependent Certificate, Old Age pension Order;
7. Self-Passport (unrevoked and undamaged);
8. Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card;
9. Bank/Kisan/Post Office Passbook;
10. Student Photo ldentity Card issued by an Educational lnstitution;
11. Driving   License   (valid   and   within   the   jurisdiction   of   State   of submission of applicant);
- 12.Birth   Certificate   issued   under   the   Registration   of   Births   and Deaths Act; and
- 13.Ration Card

Now Passports can also be obtained under the Normal scheme on out-of-turn 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

## 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-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 14 | Ongole                  | Andhra Pradesh                | Vijayawada Visakhapatnam |
| 15    | Amalapuram Eluru        | Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam            |
| 16    | Kakinada                | Andhra Pradesh                | Visakhapatnam            |
| 17    | Rajamundry              | Andhra Pradesh                | Visakhapatnam            |
| 18    |                         |                               | Visakhapatnam            |
| 19    | Srikakulam Vizianagaram | Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam            |
| 20    | Yelamanchili            | Andhra Pradesh                | Visakhapatnam            |
| 21    | Changlang               | Arunachal                     | Guwahati                 |
| 22    | Khonsa                  | Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh     | Guwahati                 |
|       |                         |                               | Guwahati                 |
| 23    | Barpeta                 | Assam                         |                          |
| 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    | North Lakhimpur         | Assam                         | Guwahati                 |
| 35    | Silchar                 | Assam                         | Guwahati                 |
| 36 37 | Tezpur                  | Assam Assam                   | Guwahati Guwahati        |
| 38    | Tinsukia Arrah          |                               |                          |
| 39    |                         | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 40    | Aurangabad Banka        | Bihar Bihar                   | Patna 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                    |
| 48    | Forbesganj              | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 49 50 | Gaya Gopalganj          | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 51    | Hajipur                 | Bihar                         | Patna Patna              |
|       |                         | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 52    | Jahanabad Jamui         | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 53 54 | Katihar                 | Bihar Bihar                   | Patna                    |
| 55    | Khagaria                | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 56    |                         | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
|       | Kishanganj Madhubani    | Bihar                         |                          |
| 57 58 | Maner                   | Bihar                         | Patna Patna              |
| 59    | Motihari                | Bihar                         | Patna Patna              |
| 60    | Munger                  |                               |                          |
|       | Muzaffarpur             | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 61 62 | Nalanda                 | Bihar Bihar                   | Patna                    |
| 63    | Navada                  |                               | Patna                    |
| 64    | Purnea                  | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 65    | Saharsa                 | Bihar Bihar                   | Patna                    |
| 66    | Samastipur              | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 67 68 | Sasaram                 |                               | Patna Patna              |
|       | Sheohar                 | Bihar Bihar                   |                          |
| 69 70 | Sitamarhi               | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
| 71    | Siwan                   | Bihar                         | Patna                    |
|       | Bilaspur                | Chhattisgarh                  | Raipur                   |
| 72    |                         | Chhattisgarh                  | Raipur                   |
| 73 74 | Durg                    | Chhattisgarh                  | Raipur                   |
|       | Janjgir-Champa Korba    | Chhattisgarh                  | Raipur                   |
| 75    | Raigarh                 | Chhattisgarh                  | Raipur                   |
| 76 77 | Rajnandgaon             | Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh     | Raipur Raipur            |
|       | Surguja                 |                               |                          |
| 78    | Silvasa                 | Dadar & Nagar                 | Mumbai Mumbai            |
| 79    | Daman                   | Haveli Daman                  |                          |
| 80    | Janak Puri              | Delhi                         | Delhi Delhi              |
| 81    | Mehrauli                | Delhi                         |                          |
| 82    | Nehru Place             |                               | Delhi                    |
| 83    | Patparganj              | Delhi                         | Delhi                    |
| 84    | Yamuna Vihar            | Delhi Delhi                   | Delhi                    |
| 85    | Margao                  |                               | Panaji                   |
| 86    | Amreli                  | Goa Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad                |
|       | Anand                   | Gujarat                       | Ahmedabad                |
| 87    |                         |                               |                          |

| 88      | Bardoli                   | Gujarat                  | Surat               |
|---------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| 89      | Bharuch                   | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 90 91   | Bhavnagar Bhuj            | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 92      | Chhota Udaipur            | Gujarat Gujarat          | Ahmedabad Ahmedabad |
| 93      | Dahod                     | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 94      | Gandhinagar               | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
|         |                           | Gujarat                  |                     |
| 95      | Godhra                    | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad Ahmedabad |
| 96 97   | Jamnagar                  | Gujarat                  |                     |
|         | Junagadh                  |                          | Ahmedabad           |
| 98 99   | Kheda                     | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad Ahmedabad |
|         | Mehsana                   | Gujarat                  |                     |
| 100     | Navsari                   | Gujarat                  | Surat               |
| 101     | Palanpur                  | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 102     | Patan                     | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 103     | Porbandar                 | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 104     | Rajpipla                  | Gujarat                  | Surat               |
| 105     | Sabarkantha               | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 106     | Surendranagar             | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 107     | Valsad                    | Gujarat                  | Surat               |
| 108     | Veraval                   | Gujarat                  | Ahmedabad           |
| 109     | Bhiwani Mahendragarh      |                          | Chandigarh          |
| 110     | Faridabad                 | Haryana Haryana          | Delhi               |
| 111     | Hisar                     | Haryana                  | Chandigarh          |
| 112     | Kaithal                   | Haryana                  | Chandigarh          |
| 113     | Karnal                    | Haryana                  | Chandigarh          |
| 114     | Narnaul                   | Haryana                  | Delhi               |
| 115     | Panipat                   | Haryana                  | Chandigarh          |
| 116     | Rohtak                    | Haryana                  | Delhi               |
| 117     | Sirsa Sonipat             | Haryana                  | Chandigarh Delhi    |
| 118     |                           | Haryana                  |                     |
| 119 120 | Yamunanagar Hamirpur      | Haryana Himachal         | Chandigarh Shimla   |
| 121     | Kangra                    | Pradesh Himachal Pradesh | Shimla              |
| 122     | Kullu                     | Himachal Pradesh         | Shimla              |
| 123     | Mandi                     | Himachal Pradesh         | Shimla              |
| 124     | Palampur                  | Himachal Pradesh         | Shimla              |
| 125     | Una                       | Himachal Pradesh         | Shimla              |
| 126     | Kathua                    | Jammu & Kashmir          | Jammu               |
| 127     | Rajouri                   | Jammu & Kashmir          | Jammu Jammu         |
| 128     | Udhampur                  | Jammu & Kashmir          |                     |
| 129     | Anantnag                  | Jammu & Kashmir          | Srinagar            |
| 130     | Baramulla                 | Jammu & Kashmir          | Srinagar            |
| 131     | Leh                       | Jammu & Kashmir          | Srinagar            |
| 132     | Bokaro                    | Jharkhand                | Ranchi Ranchi       |
| 133     | Chaibasha                 |                          |                     |
| 134     | Deoghar                   | Jharkhand Jharkhand      | Ranchi              |
| 135     | Dhanbad                   | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 136     | Dumka                     | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 137     | Giridih                   | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 138     | Gumla                     | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 139     | Hazaribagh                | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 140     | Jamshedpur                | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 141     | Jumri Tilaiya             | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 142     | Khunti                    | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 143     | Medininagar               | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 144     | Sahibganj                 | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 145     | Shimaria                  | Jharkhand                | Ranchi              |
| 146 147 | Ankola Bagalkot           | Karnataka Karnataka      | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 148     |                           |                          |                     |
|         | Belagavi                  | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 149     | Bellary                   | Karnataka                | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 150     | Bidar                     | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 151     |                           | Karnataka                |                     |
| 152     | Chamrajanagar Channapatna | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 153     | Chikkballapur             | Karnataka Karnataka      | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 154     | Chikkodi                  |                          | Bengaluru           |
| 155     | Chitradurga               | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 156     | Davangere                 | Karnataka                |                     |
| 157     | Gadag                     | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 158     | Hassan                    | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 159     | Jalahalli                 | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 160     | Koppal                    | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 161     | Maddur                    | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
|         |                           | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
| 162 163 | Mysuru Raichur            | Karnataka                | Bengaluru           |
|         |                           |                          | Bengaluru           |
| 164     | Robertsonpet              | Karnataka                |                     |

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| 165     | Shivamogga               | Karnataka                     | Bengaluru               |
|---------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 166     | Tumakuru                 | Karnataka                     | Bengaluru               |
| 167     | Udupi                    | Karnataka                     | Bengaluru               |
| 168     | Vijayapur                | Karnataka                     | Bengaluru Cochin        |
| 169     | Chengannur Kattappana    | Kerala                        |                         |
| 170 171 | Nenmara                  | Kerala Kerala                 | Cochin Cochin           |
| 172     | Palakkad                 | Kerala                        | Cochin                  |
| 173     | Kasargod                 | Kerala                        | Kozhikode               |
| 174     | Attingal                 | Kerala                        | Trivandrum              |
| 175 176 | Pathanamthitta Kavaratti | Kerala                        | Trivandrum Cochin       |
| 177     | Balaghat                 | Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh    | Bhopal                  |
| 178     | Betul                    | Madhya Pradesh                | Bhopal                  |
| 179     | Chhatarpur               | Pradesh                       |                         |
| 180     | Chhindwara               | Madhya Madhya                 | Bhopal Bhopal           |
| 181     | Damoh                    | Pradesh Madhya Pradesh        | Bhopal                  |
| 182     | Dewas                    | Madhya Pradesh                | Bhopal                  |
| 183     | Dhar                     |                               |                         |
| 184     | Gwalior                  | Madhya Pradesh                | Bhopal Bhopal           |
| 185     | Hoshangabad              | Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal                  |
| 186     | Jabalpur                 |                               | Bhopal                  |
| 187     | Ratlam                   | Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal                  |
| 188     | Rewa                     | 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                   | Mumbai                  |
| 195     | Bhiwandi                 | Maharashtra                   | Mumbai                  |
| 196     | Bhusawal                 | Maharashtra                   | Mumbai                  |
| 197     | Dhule                    | Maharashtra                   | Mumbai Mumbai           |
| 198     | Jalgaon                  | Maharashtra                   | Mumbai                  |
| 199 200 | Rajapur Santa Cruz       | Maharashtra                   | Mumbai                  |
| 201     | Sion                     | Maharashtra                   | Mumbai                  |
| 202     | Vashi                    | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Mumbai                  |
| 203     | Vikroli                  | Maharashtra                   | Mumbai                  |
| 204     | Ahmednagar Baramati      | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Pune Pune               |
| 205     |                          |                               |                         |
| 206     | Beed Ichalkaranji        | Maharashtra                   | Pune Pune               |
| 207 208 | Jalna                    | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Pune                    |
| 209     | Kolhapur                 | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 210     | Latur                    | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
|         | Madha                    | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 211     |                          | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 212 213 | Nanded                   | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 214     | Osmanabad Pandharpur     | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 215     | Parbhani                 | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 216     | Pimpri                   | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 217     | Chinchwad Sangli         | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 218     | Satara                   | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 219     | Shirur                   | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 220     | Srirampur                | Maharashtra                   | Pune                    |
| 221     | Akola                    | Maharashtra                   | Nagpur                  |
| 222 223 | Amravati                 | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Nagpur Nagpur           |
| 224     | Bhandara Buldhana        | Maharashtra                   | Nagpur                  |
|         |                          |                               | Nagpur                  |
| 225     | Chandrapur               | Maharashtra                   |                         |
| 226     | Gadchiroli               | Maharashtra Maharashtra       | Nagpur Nagpur           |
| 227 228 | Hingoli                  | Maharashtra                   | Nagpur                  |
|         | Katoal                   | Maharashtra                   | Nagpur                  |
| 229 230 | Wardha Yavatmal          | Maharashtra Manipur           | Nagpur                  |
| 231     | Kakching                 |                               |                         |
|         |                          | Meghalaya                     | Guwahati Guwahati       |
| 232 233 | Tura Aska                | Odisha                        |                         |
|         |                          | Odisha                        | Bhubaneswar             |
| 234     | Balasore                 | Odisha                        | Bhubaneswar             |
| 235 236 | Bargarh Baripada         | Odisha                        | Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar |
| 237     |                          | Odisha                        | Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar |
| 238     | Berhampur Bhadrak        | Odisha                        |                         |
|         |                          | Odisha                        |                         |
| 239     | Bhawanipatna Bolangir    | Odisha                        | Bhubaneswar             |
| 240     |                          |                               | Bhubaneswar             |
| 241     | Cuttack                  | Odisha                        | Bhubaneswar             |

| 242     | Dhenkanal                  | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
|---------|----------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 243     | Jagatsinghpur              | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 244     | Jajpur                     | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 245     | Kendrapara                 | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 246     | Keonjhar                   | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 247 248 | Koraput                    | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar         |
|         | Nabarangpur                | Odisha                |                                 |
| 249     | Phulbani                   | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 250     | Puri                       | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 251     | Rourkela                   | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 252     | Sambalpur                  | Odisha                | Bhubaneswar                     |
| 253     | Karaikal Pattana           | Puducherry            | Tiruchirapalli                  |
| 254     | Basi                       | Punjab                | Chandigarh                      |
| 255     | Bathinda                   | Punjab                | Chandigarh                      |
| 256 257 | Firozpur Malerkotla        | Punjab                | Amritsar Chandigarh             |
| 258     | Moga                       | Punjab Punjab         | Jalandhar                       |
| 259     | Pathankot                  | Punjab                |                                 |
|         | Patiala                    |                       | Jalandhar                       |
| 260 261 | Phagwara                   | Punjab                | Chandigarh                      |
| 262     | Ropar                      | Punjab Punjab         | Jalandhar Chandigarh            |
| 263     | Ajmer                      | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 264 265 | Alwar Banswara             | Rajasthan Rajasthan   | Jaipur Jaipur                   |
| 266     | Barmer                     | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 267     | Bharatpur                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 268     | Bhilwara                   | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 269     | Bikaner                    | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 270     | Chittorgarh                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur Jaipur                   |
| 271     | Churu                      | Rajasthan             |                                 |
| 272     | Dausa                      | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 273     | Hanumangarh                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur Jaipur                   |
| 274 275 | Jaisalmer Jhalawar         | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 276     | Jhunjhunu                  | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 277     | Kankroli                   | Rajasthan Rajasthan   | Jaipur                          |
| 278     | Karauli-Dhaulpur           | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 279     | Kota                       | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 280     | Kotputli                   | Rajasthan             | Jaipur Jaipur                   |
| 281 282 | Nagaur Pali                | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
|         |                            | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 283     | Pratapgarh                 | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 284     | Sawai Madhopur Sirohi      | Rajasthan             | Jaipur                          |
| 285     |                            | Rajasthan             |                                 |
| 286 287 | Sriganganagar Arani        | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu  | Jaipur Chennai                  |
| 288     | Chennai GPO                | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 289     | Chidambaram                | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 290     | Cuddalore                  | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 291     | Dharmapuri                 | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 292     | Kallakurichi               | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 293     | Kancheepuram               | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai Chennai                 |
| 294     | Krishnagiri                | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 295     | Ranipet                    | Tamil Nadu            |                                 |
| 296     | Tiruvallur                 | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 297     | Tiruvannamalai             | Tamil Nadu            | Chennai                         |
| 298     | Vellore                    | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Chennai Chennai                 |
| 299 300 | Viluppuram Coonoor         | Tamil Nadu            |                                 |
| 301     | Erode                      | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore Coimbatore           |
|         |                            |                       | Coimbatore                      |
| 302     | Rasipuram                  | Tamil Nadu            | Coimbatore                      |
| 303 304 | Salem                      | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Madurai                         |
| 305     | Bodineyaknur Devakottai    | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai                         |
| 306     | Kodairoad                  | Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu | Madurai                         |
| 307 308 | Nagercoil                  | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai Madurai                 |
|         | Rajpalyam                  | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai                         |
| 309     |                            |                       |                                 |
|         | Ramathapuram Thoothukkudi  | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai                         |
| 310 311 | Virudhunagar               | Tamil Nadu            | Madurai                         |
| 312     | Karur                      | Tamil Nadu            |                                 |
| 313     | Perambalur                 | Tamil Nadu            | Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirapalli  |
| 314     | Sirkali                    | Tamil Nadu            | Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli |
| 315     |                            | Tamil Nadu Telangana  | Hyderabad                       |
| 316     | Thiruthuraipoondi Adilabad |                       |                                 |
| 317     | Bhongir                    | Telangana             | Hyderabad                       |
| 318     | Kamareddy                  | Telangana             | Hyderabad                       |

| 319     | Khammam              | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| 320     | Mahabubabad          | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 321     | Mancherial           | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 322     | Medak                | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 323     | Medchal              | Telangana                   | Hyderabad Hyderabad |
| 324     | Mehbubnagar          | Telangana                   |                     |
| 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            |
| 332     | Badaun               | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 333     | Bijnaur              | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 334     | Moradabad            | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 335     | Pilibhit             | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 336     | Rampur               | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 337     | Shahjahanpur         | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 338 339 | Achnera Agra         | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad Ghaziabad |
| 340     | Aligarh              | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 341     | Baghpat              |                             |                     |
| 342     |                      | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad Ghaziabad |
| 343     | Bulandshahr Hathras  | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad           |
| 344     | Meerut               | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 345     | Muzaffarnagar        | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 346     | Noida                | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 347     | Saharanpur           | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 348     | Vrindawan            | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 349     | Allahabad            | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 350     | Ambedkar Nagar       | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 351     | Amethi               | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 352     | Ayodhya              | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 353     | Azamgarh             | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 354     | Bahraich             | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 355     | Ballia               | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 356     | Balrampur Banda      | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 357 358 | Bhadohi Chunar       | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow             |
| 359     |                      | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 360     | Deoria Farrukhabad   | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 361     | Fatehpur             | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 362     |                      | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 363     | Ghazipur             | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 364     | Gonda                | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 365     | Goshi (Mau) Hamirpur | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 366     | Hardoi               | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 367     |                      | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 368     | Jaunpur              | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 369     | Jhansi               | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 370     | Kheri                | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 371     | Maharajganj          | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 372     | Misrikh              | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 373     | Pratapgarh           | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 374     | Rae Bareli           | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 375     | Siddharth Nagar      | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 376     | Sitapur              | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 377     | Sultanpur            | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 378 379 | Unnao                | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
|         | Almora               | Uttarakhand                 | Dehradun            |
| 380     | Kathgodam            | Uttarakhand Uttarakhand     | Dehradun Dehradun   |
| 381     | Nainital             |                             |                     |
| 382     | Roorkee              | Uttarakhand                 | Dehradun            |
| 383 384 | Rudrapur Srinagar    | Uttarakhand Uttarakhand     | Dehradun Dehradun   |
|         |                      | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 385     | Alipurduar           |                             | Kolkata             |
| 386     | Amta                 | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 387     | Arambagh             | West Bengal                 |                     |
| 388     | Asansol              | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 389     | Ashok Nagar          | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 390     | Balurghat            | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 391     | Bangaon              | West Bengal                 | Kolkata Kolkata     |
| 392     | Bankura              | West Bengal                 |                     |
|         | Bardhaman            | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 393     | Barrackpore          | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 394     |                      | West Bengal                 | Kolkata             |
| 395     | Basirhat             |                             |                     |

|   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   |
|   421 | Ranaghat                | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   422 | Samsi                   | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   423 | Serampore               | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |
|   424 | Tamluk                  | West Bengal   | Kolkata   |

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