Lok Sabha Question No. 1220 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Post Office Passport Seva Kendra
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1220 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH FEBRUARY, 2022

## POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRA

## 1220. SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented scheme of opening Post Office Passport Seva Kendra in all the LokSabha constituencies of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any coordination has been established between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Communications regarding this scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the number of post offices in the country including Bihar in which passport sevakendras have been started under the said scheme so far, the State-wise;
- (e) whether guidelines have also been issued to Bihar Postal Circle for starting post office passport sevakendra in Jehanabad Parliamentary Constituency of Bihar under this scheme; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) & (b) Department  of  Posts  and  the  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  have  entered  into  a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly work towards providing Passport related services to the citizens through Post Offices in their close vicinity by way of setting up Post Office Passport Seva Kendra at mutually identified locations across the country.
- (c) Department of Posts and the Ministry of External Affairs have established coordination mechanism for this scheme under the Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the two organizations.
- (d) A  total  of  428  Post  Office  Passport  SevaKendras  have  been  operationalized  in  the country including Bihar. State wise number of Post Office Passport SevaKendras is attached as Annexure.
- (e) & (f) Post Office Passport Seva Kendra is functioning in Jehanabad Head Post Office under Jehanabad Parliamentary Constituency.

## Annexure

## State wise number of Post Office Passport SevaKendras (POPSK) in the Country including Bihar

|   Sl No | Name of State/UT                   |   Number of POPSK |
|---------|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Island            |                 1 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                20 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                 2 |
|       4 | Assam                              |                15 |
|       5 | Bihar                              |                34 |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh                       |                 7 |
|       7 | Dadar& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                 2 |
|       8 | Delhi                              |                 5 |
|       9 | Goa                                |                 1 |
|      10 | Gujarat                            |                23 |
|      11 | Haryana                            |                11 |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                 6 |
|      13 | Jammu & Kashmir                    |                 5 |
|      14 | Jharkhand                          |                14 |
|      15 | Karnataka                          |                23 |
|      16 | Kerala                             |                 7 |
|      17 | Laddakh                            |                 1 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep                        |                 1 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                18 |
|      20 | Maharashtra                        |                38 |
|      21 | Manipur                            |                 1 |
|      22 | Meghalaya                          |                 1 |
|      23 | Odisha                             |                20 |
|      24 | Puducherry                         |                 1 |
|      25 | Punjab                             |                 9 |
|      26 | Rajasthan                          |                24 |
|      27 | Tamil Nadu                         |                29 |
|      28 | Telangana                          |                14 |
|      29 | Tripura                            |                 1 |
|      30 | Uttar Pradesh                      |                48 |
|      31 | Uttarakhand                        |                 6 |
|      32 | West Bengal                        |                40 |

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