Lok Sabha Question No. 4113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Issuance of Passports
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

State and UT-wise?

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

ANSWERED ON- 24/03/2023

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4113

## ISSUANCE OF PASSPORTS

4113. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :the number of people to whom passports have been issued since the end of the lockdown to till date

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

(SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN)

The number of people to whom passports have been issued from June, 2021 to February, 2023, State and UT-wise is attached at Annexure-I.

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## Annexure-I

## Number of people to whom Passports have been issued since the end of the lockdown (01.06.2021 to 28.02.2023)

|   S.NO. | State/UT Name                      | Passport issued   |
|---------|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar                   | 4,948             |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 7,99,713          |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 5,739             |
|       4 | Assam                              | 1,75,943          |
|       5 | Bihar                              | 6,26,868          |
|       6 | Chandigarh                         | 44,890            |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                       | 74,964            |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu | 11,719            |
|       9 | Delhi                              | 6,87,541          |
|      10 | Goa                                | 82,575            |
|      11 | Gujarat                            | 12,19,914         |
|      12 | Haryana                            | 7,59,214          |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 91,303            |
|      14 | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 1,85,088          |
|      15 | Jharkhand                          | 1,58,111          |
|      16 | Karnataka                          | 11,29,758         |
|      17 | Kerala                             | 23,69,727         |
|      18 | Ladakh                             | 6,863             |
|      19 | Lakshadweep                        | 3,086             |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 3,11,544          |
|      21 | Maharashtra                        | 19,86,829         |
|      22 | Manipur                            | 20,103            |
|      23 | Meghalaya                          | 10,758            |
|      24 | Mizoram                            | 7,307             |
|      25 | Nagaland                           | 8,589             |
|      26 | Odisha                             | 1,71,838          |
|      27 | Puducherry                         | 45,102            |
|      28 | Punjab                             | 15,13,519         |
|      29 | Rajasthan                          | 5,95,940          |
|      30 | Sikkim                             | 7,851             |
|      31 | Tamil Nadu                         | 16,69,807         |
|      32 | Telangana                          | 10,22,887         |
|      33 | Tripura                            | 39,297            |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 17,40,522         |
|      35 | Uttarakhand                        | 1,67,401          |
|      36 | West Bengal                        | 8,75,915          |

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