Lok Sabha Question No. 1882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: Establishment of Passport Office in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1882

ANSWERED ON- 06/12/2024

## ESTABLISHMENT OF PASSPORT OFFICE IN UTTAR PRADESH †1882. DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :(a) whether the Government proposes to open passport office and its branch offices in various district headquarters/tehsils in the State of Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the time by which the same is likely to be done?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a to c) Ministry in association with Department of Posts (DoP) decided in January 2017 to open Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) at the Head Post Offices   (HPO)/Post   Offices   (PO)   in   the   country   called   Post   Office

Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) in each Lok Sabha Constituency (LSC) where there is no PSK or POPSK.     As on date, 93 PSKs and 442 POPSKs have been set up across the country and are operational to cater to the needs of passport seekers. Currently, three (03) Passport Offices are functional in Uttar Pradesh at Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Bareilly.  The list of Lok Sabha Constituencies of Uttar Pradesh with a PSK (is at Annexure-I) and those with a POPSK is   at   Annexure-II.     There   are   23   Lok   Sabha   Constituencies   (list   at Annexure-III),   where   suitable   space   is   yet   to   be   provided   by   the Department of   Posts   for   the   opening   of   a   POPSK.     Opening   of   a PSK/POPSK is an on-going activity and depends upon various factors including distance from an existing PSK / POPSK and the volume of passport applications from a  particular region. *****

## (Annexure-I)

| List of PSKs in the state of Uttar Pradesh   | List of PSKs in the state of Uttar Pradesh   | List of PSKs in the state of Uttar Pradesh   | List of PSKs in the state of Uttar Pradesh   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                        | RPO Name                                     | State Name                                   | PSK Location                                 |
| 1                                            | RPO Bareilly                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                | PSK Bareilly                                 |
| 2                                            | RPO Ghaziabad                                | Uttar Pradesh                                | PSK Ghaziabad                                |
| 3                                            | RPO Lucknow                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                | PSK Gorakhpur                                |
| 4                                            |                                              |                                              | PSK Kanpur                                   |
| 5                                            |                                              |                                              | PSK Lucknow                                  |
| 6                                            |                                              |                                              | PSK Varanasi                                 |

## (Annexure-II)

| List of opened POPSKs in Uttar Pradesh as on 25.11.2024   | List of opened POPSKs in Uttar Pradesh as on 25.11.2024   | List of opened POPSKs in Uttar Pradesh as on 25.11.2024   | List of opened POPSKs in Uttar Pradesh as on 25.11.2024   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| S.no.                                                     | District                                                  | State                                                     | Passport Office                                           |
| 1                                                         | Pilibhit                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 2                                                         | Moradabad                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 3                                                         | Bijnaur                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 4                                                         | Rampur                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 5                                                         | Badaun                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 6                                                         | Amroha                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 7                                                         | Shahjahanpur                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 8                                                         | Nagina                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Bareilly                                                  |
| 9                                                         | Meerut                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Ghaziabad                                                 |
| 10                                                        | Agra                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Ghaziabad                                                 |
| 11                                                        | Mathura (Vrindawan)                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Ghaziabad                                                 |
| 12                                                        | Bulandshahr                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Ghaziabad                                                 |
| 13                                                        | Aligarh                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Ghaziabad                                                 |
| 14                                                        | Saharanpur                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Ghaziabad                                                 |
| 15                                                        | Fatehpur                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Ghaziabad                                                 |

|    | Sikri(Achnera)             |               |           |
|----|----------------------------|---------------|-----------|
| 16 | Hathras                    | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad |
| 17 | Muzaffarnagar              | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad |
| 18 | Gautam Buddha Nagar(Noida) | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad |
| 19 | Baghpat                    | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad |
| 20 | Jhansi                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 21 | Ghazipur                   | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 22 | Faizabad (Ayodhya)         | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 23 | Allahabad                  | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 24 | Deoria                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 25 | Unnao                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 26 | Ballia                     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 27 | Sultanpur                  | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 28 | Pratapgarh                 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 29 | Azamgarh                   | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 30 | Bahraich                   | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |
| 31 | Sitapur                    | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow   |

|   32 | Gonda                 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|   33 | Shrawasti (Balrampur) | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   34 | Goshi (Mau)           | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   35 | Amethi                | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   36 | Rae Bareli            | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   37 | Jaunpur               | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   38 | Mirzapur (Chunar)     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   39 | Fatehpur              | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   40 | Banda                 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   41 | Hamirpur              | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   42 | Bhadohi               | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   43 | Domariyaganj          | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   44 | Misrikh               | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   45 | Ambedkar Nagar        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   46 | Maharajganj           | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   47 | Kheri                 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   48 | Hardoi                | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |

|   49 | Farukhabad   | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|------|--------------|-----------------|-----------|
|   50 | Etawah       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   51 | Jalaun       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |

(Annexure-III)

## Details of 23 Lok Sabha Constituencies of Uttar Pradesh where suitable space yet to be provided for Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs).

|   S. No. | POPSK Locations   | Passport Office   | Lok Sabha Constituency   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Manjhanpur        | Lucknow           | Kaushambi                |
|        2 | Barabanki         | Lucknow           | Barabanki                |
|        3 | Basti             | Lucknow           | Basti                    |
|        4 | Churk             | Lucknow           | Robertsganj              |
|        5 | Kushi Nagar       | Lucknow           | Kushi Nagar              |
|        6 | Akbarpur          | Lucknow           | Akbarpur                 |
|        7 | Aonla             | Bareilly          | Aonla                    |
|        8 | Bansgoan          | Lucknow           | Bansgoan                 |
|        9 | Chandauli         | Lucknow           | Chandauli                |
|       10 | Dhauraha          | Lucknow           | Dhauraha                 |
|       11 | Etah              | Bareilly          | Etah                     |
|       12 | Firozabad         | Bareilly          | Firozabad                |

|   13. | Kairana          | Ghaziabad   | Kairana          |
|-------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|    14 | Kaiserganj       | Lucknow     | Kaiserganj       |
|    15 | Kannauj          | Lucknow     | Kannauj          |
|    16 | Lalganj          | Lucknow     | Lalganj          |
|    17 | Machhlishahr     | Lucknow     | Machhlishahr     |
|    18 | Mainpuri         | Bareilly    | Mainpuri         |
|    19 | Malihabad        | Lucknow     | Mohanlalganj     |
|    20 | Phulpur          | Lucknow     | Phulpur          |
|    21 | Salempur         | Lucknow     | Salempur         |
|    22 | Sambhal          | Bareilly    | Sambhal          |
|    23 | Sant Kabir Nagar | Lucknow     | Sant Kabir Nagar |

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