Lok Sabha Question No. 808 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Passport Related Services at Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 808 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  June, 2019

## PASSPORT RELATED SERVICES AT POST OFFICES

## †808. SHRI RAVINDRA SHYAM NARAYAN SHUKLA ALIAS RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide Passport related services at post offices and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  cities  in  Uttar  Pradesh  where  the  said  services  are  proposed  to  be provided by the Government; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  timelimit  for  implementation  of  the  said system and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) Yes Sir, the Government has decided to provide Passport related services at Post Offices by  opening  Post  Office  Passport  Seva  Kendras  (POPSKs).  The  details  of  existing  Post  Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) are attached at Annexure-'I'.
- (b) There  are  46  Post  Office  Passport  Seva  Kendras  existing  in  Uttar  Pradesh  as  per  list attached at Annexure-'II'. 6 more POPSKs are likely to be opened in UP in consultation with Ministry of External Affairs subject to feasibility.
- (c) No Sir, no time limit has been fixed.

| Annexure-I            | Annexure-I            | Annexure-I            | Annexure-I            |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| List of POPSKs opened | List of POPSKs opened | List of POPSKs opened | List of POPSKs opened |
| Sl. No.               | Name of Circle        | Sl. No.               | Name of POPSKs        |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 1.                    | Cuddapah HO*          |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 2.                    | Kurnool HO            |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 3.                    | Nellore HO            |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 4.                    | Anantpur HO           |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 5.                    | Chitoor HO            |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 6.                    | Kakinada HO           |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 7.                    | Gudivada HO           |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 8.                    | Rajamundry HO         |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 9.                    | Srikakulam HO         |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 10.                   | Guntur HO             |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 11.                   | Ongole HO             |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 12.                   | Amalapuram HO         |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 13.                   | BaptalaHO             |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 14.                   | Eluru HO              |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 15.                   | Vizianagaram HO       |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 16.                   | Nandyal RS SO**       |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 17.                   | Narasaraopet HO       |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 18.                   | Kodur SO              |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 19.                   | Hindupur HO           |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | 20.                   | Yelamanchili SO       |
| 2                     | Assam                 | 21.                   | Silchar HO            |
| 2                     | Assam                 | 22.                   | Dibrugarh SO          |
| 2                     | Assam                 | 23.                   | Kokrajhar HO          |
| 2                     | Assam                 | 24.                   | Mangaldoi PO          |
| 2                     | Assam                 | 25.                   | Tezpur HO             |
| 2                     | Assam                 | 26.                   | Dipu HO               |

|   27. | Tinsukia HO        |
|-------|--------------------|
|    28 | North LakhimPur HO |
|    29 | Dhubri HO          |
|    30 | Goalpara MDG***    |
|    31 | Nagaon HO          |
|    32 | Barpeta HO         |
|    33 | Golaghat HO        |
|    34 | Jorhat HO          |
|    35 | Karimganj HO       |
|    36 | Purnea HO          |
|    37 | Muzaffarpur HO     |
|    38 | Bhagalpur HO       |
|    39 | Siwan HO           |
|    40 | Buxar HO           |
|    41 | Bettiah HO         |
|    42 | Chhapra HO         |
|    43 | Motihari HO        |
|    44 | Gaya HO            |
|    45 | Madhubani HO       |
|    46 | Munger HO          |
|    47 | Nawada HO          |
|    48 | Samastipur HO      |
|    49 | Begusarai HO       |
|    50 | Biharsarif HO      |
|    51 | Hajipur HO         |
|    52 | Ara HO             |
|    53 | Jamui HO           |
|    54 | Saharsa HO         |
|    55 | Sasaram HO         |
|    56 | Sitamarhi HO       |
|    57 | ForhesganjMDG      |

|   58. | Banka HO              |
|-------|-----------------------|
|    59 | Jehanabad HO          |
|    60 | Manner SO             |
|    61 | SheoharMDG            |
|    62 | DalsingsaraiMDG       |
|    63 | KhagariaMDG           |
|    64 | Katihar HO            |
|    65 | Dalmianagar SO        |
|    66 | Ambikapur HO          |
|    67 | R K Nagar Bilaspur SO |
|    68 | Durg HO               |
|    69 | Rajnandgaon HO        |
|    70 | Janjgir-Champa HO     |
|    71 | Raigarh HO            |
|    72 | Korba HO              |
|    73 | Patparganj SO         |
|    74 | Yamuna Vihar SO       |
|    75 | Nehru Place SO        |
|    76 | A-3 Janakpuri SO      |
|    77 | Mehrauli SO           |
|    78 | Dahod HO              |
|    79 | Bhuj HO               |
|    80 | Palanpur HO           |
|    81 | Silvasa SO            |
|    82 | Moti DamanMDG         |
|    83 | VeravalMDG            |
|    84 | Anand HO              |
|    85 | Bharuch HO            |
|    86 | Bhavnagar HO          |
|    87 | Jamnagar HO           |

|    |                  |   88. | Junagarh HO       |
|----|------------------|-------|-------------------|
|    |                  |    89 | Nadiad HO         |
|    |                  |    90 | Mehsana HO        |
|    |                  |    91 | Navsari HO        |
|    |                  |    92 | Valsad HO         |
|    |                  |    93 | Porbandar HO      |
|    |                  |    94 | Bareoli HPO       |
|    |                  |    95 | Amreli HO         |
|    |                  |    96 | Surendranagar HO  |
|    |                  |    97 | Himmatnagar SO    |
|    |                  |    98 | Patan HO          |
|    |                  |    99 | Gandhi Nagar HO   |
|    |                  |   100 | Chotta Udaipur SO |
|    |                  |   101 | Godhra HO         |
| 7  | Haryana          |   102 | Hisar HO          |
| 7  | Haryana          |   103 | Karnal HO         |
| 7  | Haryana          |   104 | Faridabad HO      |
| 7  | Haryana          |   105 | Panipat HO        |
| 7  | Haryana          |   106 | Yamunanagar HO    |
| 7  | Haryana          |   107 | KaithalMDG        |
| 7  | Haryana          |   108 | Bhiwani HO        |
| 7  | Haryana          |   109 | Narnaul HO        |
| 7  | Haryana          |   110 | Rohtak HO         |
| 7  | Haryana          |   111 | Sonipat HO        |
| 7  | Haryana          |   112 | Sirsa HO          |
| 8  | Himachal Pradesh |   113 | Palampur HO       |
| 8  | Himachal Pradesh |   114 | Hamirpur HO       |
| 8  | Himachal Pradesh |   115 | Kangra HO         |
| 8  | Himachal Pradesh |   116 | Kullu HO          |
| 8  | Himachal Pradesh |   117 | Mandi HO          |
| 8  | Himachal Pradesh |   118 | Una HO            |

|   119. | Leh City SO               |
|--------|---------------------------|
|    120 | Udhampur HO               |
|    121 | Anantnag HO               |
|    122 | Baramula HO               |
|    123 | Kathua HO                 |
|    124 | Rajouri HO                |
|    125 | Jamshedpur HO             |
|    126 | B. Deoghar HO             |
|    127 | Dhanbad HO                |
|    128 | Sector-IX SO              |
|    129 | Dumka HO                  |
|    130 | Hazaribagh HO             |
|    131 | Medininagar Daltonganj HO |
|    132 | Girdihi HO                |
|    133 | Gumla HO                  |
|    134 | Jumri TilaiyaMDG          |
|    135 | shimaria SO               |
|    136 | KhuntiMDG                 |
|    137 | SahebganjMDG              |
|    138 | Chilbasha HO              |
|    139 | Metagili SO               |
|    140 | Belagavi HO               |
|    141 | Devangere HO              |
|    142 | Hassan HO                 |
|    143 | Bellary HO                |
|    144 | Bidar HO                  |
|    145 | Gadag City SO             |
|    146 | Raichur Mukramgunj SO     |
|    147 | Shivamogga HO             |
|    148 | Tumakuru HO               |
|    149 | Brahmavara SO             |

|   150. | Vijayapur RS SO   |
|--------|-------------------|
|    151 | Koppal Bazar SO   |
|    152 | AnkolaMDG         |
|    153 | Robertsonpet SO   |
|    154 | Chitradurga HO    |
|    155 | Chamrajnagar SO   |
|    156 | Chikodi HO        |
|    157 | Chikkballapura HO |
|    158 | Maddur SO         |
|    159 | Jalahalli HO      |
|    160 | Channapatna HO    |
|    161 | Pathanamthitta HO |
|    162 | Kasargod HO       |
|    163 | KavarattiMDG      |
|    164 | Chengannur HO     |
|    165 | Kattapana HO      |
|    166 | Olavakkode HO     |
|    167 | Attingal HO       |
|    168 | Lashkar HO        |
|    169 | Satna HO          |
|    170 | Jabalpur HO       |
|    171 | Vidishamandi SO   |
|    172 | Balaghat HO       |
|    173 | Chhindwara HO     |
|    174 | Dewas HO          |
|    175 | Damoh HO          |
|    176 | Hoshangabad HO    |
|    177 | Ratlam HPO        |
|    178 | Betul HO          |
|    179 | Ujjain SO         |
|    180 | Sagar HO          |

|   181. | Dhar HO                 |
|--------|-------------------------|
|    182 | Chhatarpur HO           |
|    183 | Tikamgarh HO            |
|    184 | Rewa HO                 |
|    185 | Aurangabad Cant HO      |
|    186 | Kolhapur HO             |
|    187 | Pimpri PF SO            |
|    188 | Kannamwar Nagar SO      |
|    189 | Beed HO                 |
|    190 | Margao SO               |
|    191 | Jalgaon HO              |
|    192 | Sion SO                 |
|    193 | Sangli HO               |
|    194 | Wardha HO               |
|    195 | Ahmednagar HO           |
|    196 | Jalna HO                |
|    197 | Satara HO               |
|    198 | Nanded HO               |
|    199 | Navi Peth Pandharpur SO |
|    200 | Rajapur SO              |
|    201 | Latur HO                |
|    202 | Vashi                   |
|    203 | Baramati HO             |
|    204 | Chandrapur HO           |
|    205 | Tajnapeth SO            |
|    206 | Amravati HO             |
|    207 | Buldhana HO             |
|    208 | Yavatmal HO             |
|    209 | Hingoli SO              |
|    210 | Gadchiroli SO           |
|    211 | Bhandara, HO            |

|    |            |   212. | Srirampur HO     |
|----|------------|--------|------------------|
|    |            |    213 | Shirur SO        |
|    |            |    214 | Parbhani HO      |
|    |            |    215 | Katol SO         |
|    |            |    216 | Osmanabad HO     |
|    |            |    217 | Madha SO         |
|    |            |    218 | Bhusawal HO      |
|    |            |    219 | Ichalkaranji HO  |
|    |            |    220 | Dhule HO         |
| 15 | North East |    221 | Changlang SO     |
| 15 | North East |    222 | Khonsa SO        |
| 15 | North East |    223 | Tura HO          |
| 15 | North East |    224 | Kakching HO      |
| 16 | Odisha     |    225 | Rourkela HO      |
| 16 | Odisha     |    226 | Koraput HO       |
| 16 | Odisha     |    227 | Sambalpur HO     |
| 16 | Odisha     |    228 | Balasore HO      |
| 16 | Odisha     |    229 | Baripada HO      |
| 16 | Odisha     |    230 | Berhampur HO     |
| 16 | Odisha     |    231 | Bhawanipatna HO  |
| 16 | Odisha     |    232 | Keonjhargarh HO  |
| 16 | Odisha     |    233 | Dhenkanal HO     |
| 16 | Odisha     |    234 | Aska HO          |
| 16 | Odisha     |    235 | Bhadrak HO       |
| 16 | Odisha     |    236 | Cuttack GPO****  |
| 16 | Odisha     |    237 | Jajpur HO        |
| 16 | Odisha     |    238 | Kendrapara HO    |
| 16 | Odisha     |    239 | Phulbhani HO     |
| 16 | Odisha     |    240 | Bolangir HO      |
| 16 | Odisha     |    241 | Jagatsinghpur HO |
| 16 | Odisha     |    242 | Bargarh HO       |

|   243. | Puri HO                |
|--------|------------------------|
|    244 | NabrangpurMDG          |
|    245 | Bathinda HO            |
|    246 | Patiala HO             |
|    247 | Pathankot HO           |
|    248 | Moga HO                |
|    249 | Phagwara HO            |
|    250 | Ropar HO               |
|    251 | Malerkotla SO          |
|    252 | Firozpur HO            |
|    253 | Bassi SO               |
|    254 | Kota HO                |
|    255 | Bikaner HO             |
|    256 | Jaisalmer HO           |
|    257 | Jhunjhunu HO           |
|    258 | Jhalawar HO            |
|    259 | Ajmer HO               |
|    260 | Barmer HO              |
|    261 | Churu HO               |
|    262 | Hanumangarh HO         |
|    263 | Dholpur HO             |
|    264 | Nagaur City SO         |
|    265 | Sriganganagar HO       |
|    266 | Alwar HO               |
|    267 | Chittorgarh HO         |
|    268 | Pali HO                |
|    269 | Banswara HO            |
|    270 | Kotputli LSG *****     |
|    271 | Bharatpur HO           |
|    272 | Tonk-Sawai Madhopur HO |
|    273 | Dausa HO               |

|   274. | Bhilwara City SO     |
|--------|----------------------|
|    275 | Kankroli LSG         |
|    276 | Sirohi HO            |
|    277 | Pratapgarh SO        |
|    278 | Salem HO             |
|    279 | Vellore HO           |
|    280 | Cuddalore HO         |
|    281 | Perambalur HO        |
|    282 | Tiruvannamalai HO    |
|    283 | Viluppuram HO        |
|    284 | Virudhunagar HO      |
|    285 | Nagarcoil HO         |
|    286 | KaraikalMDG          |
|    287 | Kodairoad SO         |
|    288 | Devakottai HO        |
|    289 | Rasipuram SO         |
|    290 | Bodinayakanur HO     |
|    291 | Rajapalayam HO       |
|    292 | Coonoor HO           |
|    293 | Arni HO              |
|    294 | Ranipet HO           |
|    295 | Chennai GPO          |
|    296 | Dharampuri HO        |
|    297 | Kallakurichi HO      |
|    298 | Kancheepuram HO      |
|    299 | Tiruvallur HO        |
|    300 | Erode HO             |
|    301 | Tuticorin HO         |
|    302 | Sirkali HO           |
|    303 | Thiruthuraipoondi HO |
|    304 | Chidambaram HO       |

|   305. | Krishnagiri HO   |
|--------|------------------|
|    306 | Karur HO         |
|    307 | Mehbubnagar HO   |
|    308 | Hanamkonda HO    |
|    309 | Adilabad HO      |
|    310 | Medak HO         |
|    311 | Khammam HO       |
|    312 | Siddipet HO      |
|    313 | Nalgonda HO      |
|    314 | Bhongir HO       |
|    315 | Mahabubabad HO   |
|    316 | Kamareddy HO     |
|    317 | Nagarkurnool HO  |
|    318 | Peddapalle HO    |
|    319 | Medchal SO       |
|    320 | Vikarabad SO     |
|    321 | Almora HO        |
|    322 | Kathgodam SO     |
|    323 | Nainital HO      |
|    324 | Roorkee HO       |
|    325 | RudrapurMDG      |
|    326 | Srinagar HO      |
|    327 | Allahabad HO     |
|    328 | Faizabad HO      |
|    329 | Deoria HO        |
|    330 | Ghazipur HO      |
|    331 | Jhansi HO        |
|    332 | Pilibhit HO      |
|    333 | Agra Fort HO     |
|    334 | Bijnore HO       |
|    335 | Sultanpur HO     |

|   336. | Vrindavan SO          |
|--------|-----------------------|
|    337 | Noida HO              |
|    338 | Azamgarh HO           |
|    339 | Ballia HO             |
|    340 | Moradabad HO          |
|    341 | Meerut Cantt HO       |
|    342 | Pratapgarh HO         |
|    343 | Unnao HO              |
|    344 | Amethi HO             |
|    345 | Bahraich HO           |
|    346 | Balrampur HO          |
|    347 | Sitapur HO            |
|    348 | Rae Bareli HO         |
|    349 | Rampur HO             |
|    350 | Gonda HO              |
|    351 | Jaunpur SO            |
|    352 | Mau HO                |
|    353 | Chunar SO             |
|    354 | Aligarh HO            |
|    355 | Fatehpur HO           |
|    356 | Bulandshahar HO       |
|    357 | Badaun HO             |
|    358 | Hamirpur HO           |
|    359 | Banda HO              |
|    360 | Saharanpur HO         |
|    361 | Fatehpur Sikri SO     |
|    362 | Muzaffarnagar City SO |
|    363 | Amroha HO             |
|    364 | Bhadohi SO            |
|    365 | Hathras SO            |
|    366 | Teri Bazar SO         |

|   367. | Mishrikh SO             |
|--------|-------------------------|
|    368 | Ambedkarnagar HO        |
|    369 | Maharajganj SO          |
|    370 | Baghpat SO              |
|    371 | Kheri HO                |
|    372 | Saharanpur HO           |
|    373 | Asansol HO              |
|    374 | Krishnanagar HO         |
|    375 | RaiganjMDG              |
|    376 | Beadon StreetMDG        |
|    377 | Bardhman HO             |
|    378 | Barrackpore HO          |
|    379 | Malda (Mukadampur) SO   |
|    380 | Darjeeling HO           |
|    381 | Kharagpur Technology SO |
|    382 | Balurghat HO            |
|    383 | Diamond Harbour HO      |
|    384 | Rampurhat HO            |
|    385 | Jalpaiguri HO           |
|    386 | CoochBehar HO           |
|    387 | Alirudrapur Court SO    |
|    388 | Chinsurah HO            |
|    389 | Regentpark SO           |
|    390 | Arambagh HO             |
|    391 | Serampur HO             |
|    392 | Tamluk HO               |
|    393 | DumDumMDG               |
|    394 | BangaonMDG              |
|    395 | Contai HO               |
|    396 | Howrah HO               |
|    397 | Ashok Nagar SO          |

|   398. | Ranaghat HO           |
|--------|-----------------------|
|    399 | Bankura HO            |
|    400 | Katwa HO              |
|    401 | Santiniketan SO       |
|    402 | Basirhat HO           |
|    403 | Amta SO               |
|    404 | BishnupurMDG          |
|    405 | Raghunathganj HO      |
|    406 | Purulia HO            |
|    407 | Jhargram HO           |
|    408 | GhatalMDG             |
|    409 | Jiaganj SO            |
|    410 | Samsi SO              |
|    411 | Kakdwip SO            |
|    412 | Canning Ferri Ghat SO |

*HO=Head Post Office

**SO=Sub Post Office

***MDG=Mukhya Dak Ghar

**** GPO= General Post Office

*****LSG= Lower Selection Grade

| List of POPSKs opened in Uttar Pradesh as on 20.06.2019   | List of POPSKs opened in Uttar Pradesh as on 20.06.2019   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                   | Name of POPSKs                                            |
| 1                                                         | Allahabad HO                                              |
| 2                                                         | Faizabad HO                                               |
| 3                                                         | Deoria HO                                                 |
| 4                                                         | Ghazipur HO                                               |
| 5                                                         | Jhansi HO                                                 |
| 6                                                         | Pilibhit HO                                               |
| 7                                                         | Agra Fort HO                                              |
| 8                                                         | Bijnore HO                                                |
| 9                                                         | Sultanpur HO                                              |
| 10                                                        | Vrindavan SO                                              |
| 11                                                        | Noida HO                                                  |
| 12                                                        | Azamgarh HO                                               |
| 13                                                        | Ballia HO                                                 |
| 14                                                        | Moradabad HO                                              |
| 15                                                        | Meerut Cantt HO                                           |
| 16                                                        | Pratapgarh HO                                             |
| 17                                                        | Unnao HO                                                  |
| 18                                                        | Amethi HO                                                 |
| 19                                                        | Bahraich HO                                               |
| 20                                                        | Balrampur HO                                              |
| 21                                                        | Sitapur HO                                                |
| 22                                                        | Rae Bareli HO                                             |
| 23                                                        | Rampur HO                                                 |
| 24                                                        | Gonda HO                                                  |
| 25                                                        | Jaunpur SO                                                |
| 26                                                        | Mau HO                                                    |
| 27                                                        | Chunar SO                                                 |
| 28                                                        | Aligarh HO                                                |
| 29                                                        | Fatehpur HO                                               |
| 30                                                        | Bulandshahar HO                                           |
| 31                                                        | Badaun HO                                                 |
| 32                                                        | Hamirpur HO                                               |
| 33                                                        | Banda HO                                                  |
| 34                                                        | Saharanpur HO                                             |
| 35                                                        | Fatehpur Sikri SO                                         |
| 36                                                        | Muzaffarnagar City SO                                     |

## Annexure II

|   37 | Amroha HO        |
|------|------------------|
|   38 | Bhadohi SO       |
|   39 | Hathras SO       |
|   40 | Teri Bazar SO    |
|   41 | Mishrikh SO      |
|   42 | Ambedkarnagar HO |
|   43 | Maharajganj SO   |
|   44 | Baghpat SO       |
|   45 | Kheri HO         |
|   46 | Saharanpur HO    |

***********

*HO=Head Post Office

**SO=Sub Post Office

***MDG=Mukhya Dak Ghar

**** GPO= General Post Office

*****LSG= Lower Selection Grade