Lok Sabha Question No. 1636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Issuance and Reissuance of Passports
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1636

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## ISSUANCE AND REISSUANCE OF PASSPORTS

1636. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  applications  received  district-wise  in  the  State  of Gujarat for issuance and reissuance of passports till date;
- (b) the  details  of  district-wise  pendency  of  passport  applications received in Gujarat till date; and
- (c) the details of action plan accelerating for phasing out pendency thereof for Rajkot & Morbi districts?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN)

- (a) As  per  data  from  Passport  Seva  Programme  (PSP)  System,  the details of applications received district-wise in the State of Gujarat for Issue and Re-issue of passports till date are at Annexure-I.
- (b) The  details  of  pendency  of  passport  applications  at  the  two Regional Passport Offices (Ahmedabad and Surat) in Gujarat till date are at Annexure-II.
- (c) The following actions are taken to accelerate phasing out pendency in Gujarat including in Rajkot & Morbi districts:
-  Respective  Passport  Offices  meet  and  follow  up  with  police authorities for the cases pending for police verification.
-  The  applications which  are  pending  with  the applicants for documentation  requirements  are  reminded  with  letters  by  respective Passport Offices.
-  The  pendency  at  Passport  Offices  is  closely  monitored  from Headquarters.
-  Conducting Passport melas

## ANNEXURE-I

| District              | Application Received as on Date (8.12.2022)   | Application Received as on Date (8.12.2022)   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|                       | Issuance                                      | Re-issuance 720050                            |
| Ahmedabad Rural       | 77292                                         | 45864                                         |
| Amreli                | 48040                                         | 10801                                         |
| Anand                 | 170796                                        | 132181                                        |
| Arvalli               | 16636                                         | 5453                                          |
| Banaskantha           | 85394                                         | 23381                                         |
| Bharuch               | 146714                                        | 102588                                        |
| Bhavnagar             | 98442                                         | 39168                                         |
| Botad                 | 9663                                          | 2170                                          |
| Chhotaudepur          | 7238                                          | 2846                                          |
| Dahod                 | 30171                                         | 17950                                         |
| Dang                  | 1259                                          | 239                                           |
| Devbhumi Dwarka       | 21326                                         | 8481                                          |
| East-Kutch Gandhidham | 47879                                         | 22678                                         |
| Gandhinagar           | 161060                                        | 106783                                        |
| Gir Somnath           | 32767                                         | 9187                                          |
| Jamnagar              | 103609                                        | 45737                                         |
| Junagadh              | 87895                                         | 24526                                         |
| Kheda                 | 104770                                        | 68360                                         |
| Mahisagar             | 13882                                         | 7119                                          |
| Mehsana               | 192591                                        | 88099                                         |
| Morbi                 | 49597                                         | 13100                                         |
| Narmada               | 7896                                          | 2597                                          |
| Navsari               | 103689                                        | 82905                                         |
| Panchmahals           | 58122                                         | 30779                                         |
| Patan                 | 58194                                         | 21919                                         |
| Porbandar             | 40445                                         | 21563                                         |
| Rajkot                | 205850                                        | 107197                                        |
| Rajkot Rural          | 67387                                         | 17808                                         |
| Sabarkantha           | 69143                                         | 24891                                         |
| Surat City            | 618976                                        | 350860                                        |
| Surat Rural           | 103845                                        | 59532                                         |
| Surendranagar         | 43533                                         | 11177                                         |
| Tapi (Vyara)          | 17406                                         | 7065                                          |
| Vadodara              | 317875                                        | 298452                                        |
| Vadodara Rural        | 63867                                         |                                               |
|                       |                                               | 34998                                         |
| Valsad                | 110006                                        | 69679                                         |
| West-Kutch Bhuj       | 101481                                        | 53296                                         |

## Pendency of Applications for State of Gujarat (as on 08.12.2022)

| RPO           | Total Pendency at Passport Office   | Pending With Police   |
|---------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| RPO Ahmedabad | 2,281                               | 14,333                |
| RPO Surat     | 605                                 | 4,188                 |
| Total         | 2,886                               | 18,521                |

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