Lok Sabha Question No. 739 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Passport Seva Kendras in Rajasthan
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 739 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2025 PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS IN RAJASTHAN

†739. SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :-

(a)   the   details   of   Passport   Sewa   Kendras   (PSK)   and   Post   Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) functioning presently in the State of Rajasthan, district-wise including Bhilwara Lok Sabha Constituency; (b) the details of passports issued during the last five years in the State of Rajasthan, year and district-wise including the said district; (c) whether the Government proposes to open new Passport Sewa Kendras/Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras in the State of Rajasthan including the said district; and (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The   details   of   Passport   Seva   Kendras   (PSKs)   and   Post   Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) functioning presently in the State of Rajasthan, district-wise including Bhilwara Lok Sabha Constituency is at Annexure-I.

(b) The details of passports issued during the last five years in the State of Rajasthan, year and district-wise, including Bhilwara district, is at Annexure-II.

(c) & (d) Ministry of External Affairs in association with Department of Posts (DoP) had decided in January 2017 to open Passport Seva Kendras at the Head Post Offices (HPO)/ Post Offices (PO) in the country called Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) in each Lok Sabha   Constituency   (LSC)   in   India,   including   in   the   State   of Rajasthan, where there is no PSK or a POPSK. As on date, 04 PSKs and 24 POPSKs have been set up in the State of Rajasthan and are operational to cater to the needs of passport applicants.

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.   In Bhilwara LSC, one POPSK is operational to cater to the needs of passport applicants.

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## Annexure- I

## List of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras(POPSKs)

| State Name   | RPO Name      | PSK            | POPSK              |
|--------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
| Rajasthan    | 1. RPO Jaipur | 1. PSK Jaipur  | 1. Ajmer           |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur | 2. PSK Jodhpur | 2. Alwar           |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur | 3. PSK Sikar   | 3. Barmer          |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 4. Bharatpur       |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 5. Bikaner         |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 6. Churu           |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 7. Dausa           |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 8. Hanumangarh     |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 9. Jaisalmer       |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 10. Jhunjhunu      |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 11. Dholpur        |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 12. Kotputli       |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 13. Nagaur         |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 14. Pali           |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 15. Sirohi         |
|              | 1. RPO Jaipur |                | 16. Sriganganagar  |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   | 4. PSK Udaipur | 17. Banswara       |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   |                | 18. Bhilwara       |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   |                | 19. Chittorgarh    |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   |                | 20. Jhalawar       |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   |                | 21. Kankroli       |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   |                | 22. Kota           |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   |                | 23. Pratapgarh     |
|              | 2. RPO Kota   |                | 24. Sawai Madhopur |

Annexure - II Details of passports issued during the last five years in the State of

## Rajasthan, Year-wise and District-wise

| Sl. No.        | District         | 2020   |   2021 |
|----------------|------------------|--------|--------|
| 1              | Ajmer            | 8528   |  12135 |
| 2              | Alwar            | 4102   |   4999 |
| 3              | Banswara         | 2703   |   3786 |
| 4              | Baran            | 865    |    774 |
| 5              | Barmer           | 2446   |   3030 |
| 6 Bharatpur    | 2820             |        |   3190 |
| 7 Bhilwara     |                  | 4738   |   4924 |
| 8 Bhiwadi      |                  | 2296   |   2798 |
| 9 Bikaner      |                  | 5102   |   4658 |
| 10 Bundi       |                  | 925    |   1179 |
| 11 Chittorgarh | 2564             |        |   2960 |
| 12 Churu       |                  | 7779   |  11954 |
| 13 Dausa       | 2179             |        |   2924 |
| 14             | Dholpur          | 778    |    868 |
| 15 Dungarpur   | 1957             |        |   3165 |
| 16             | Hanumangarh 4032 |        |   5081 |
| 17 Jaipur      | City             | 35567  |  43977 |
| 18 Jaipur      | Rural            | 2591   |   3484 |
| 19             | Jaisalmer        | 952    |   1365 |
| 20             | Jalore           | 1545   |   1306 |
| 21             | Jhalawar         | 1363   |   1178 |
| 22             | Jhunjhunu        | 10283  |  15032 |
| 23             | Jodhpur City     | 8190   |  10234 |

| 24   | Jodhpur Rural   |   2607 |   3245 |
|------|-----------------|--------|--------|
| 25   | Karauli         |   1414 |   1950 |
| 26   | Kota City       |   5953 |   7309 |
| 27   | Kota Rural      |    742 |    696 |
| 28   | Nagaur          |   9727 |  14013 |
| 29   | Pali            |   3335 |   3527 |
| 30   | Pratapgarh      |   1012 |   1111 |
| 31   | Rajsamand       |   1575 |   1915 |
| 32   | Sawai Madhopur  |   2363 |   2795 |
| 33   | Sikar           |  12281 |  20318 |
| 34   | Sirohi          |   1612 |   1476 |
| 35   | Sri Ganganagar  |   8315 |  10230 |
| 36   | Tonk            |   1315 |   1613 |
| 37   | Udaipur         |   8057 |  10754 |
|      | TOTAL           | 174613 | 225953 |

|   Sl. No. | District          |   2022 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|
|         1 | Ajmer             |  18768 |
|         2 | Alwar             |   7976 |
|         3 | Balotra           |      1 |
|         4 | Banswara          |   7756 |
|         5 | Baran             |   1673 |
|         6 | Barmer            |   5987 |
|         7 | Beawar            |      1 |
|         8 | Bharatpur         |   5260 |
|         9 | Bhilwara          |   8929 |
|        10 | Bhiwadi           |   4775 |
|        11 | Bikaner           |   8145 |
|        12 | Bundi             |   1955 |
|        13 | Chittorgarh       |   5275 |
|        14 | Churu             |  19337 |
|        15 | Dausa             |   5211 |
|        16 | Dholpur           |   1540 |
|        17 | Didwana- Kuchaman |      1 |
|        18 | Dudu              |      1 |
|        19 | Dungarpur         |   6022 |
|        20 | Hanumangarh       |   9916 |
|        21 | Jaipur City       |  68382 |
|        22 | Jaipur Rural      |   5433 |
|        23 | Jaisalmer         |   2400 |

| 24    | Jalore         |   2927 |
|-------|----------------|--------|
| 25    | Jhalawar       |   2517 |
| 26    | Jhunjhunu      |  24212 |
| 27    | Jodhpur City   |  17415 |
| 28    | Jodhpur Rural  |   5884 |
| 29    | Karauli        |   3033 |
| 30    | Kota City      |  10065 |
| 31    | Kota Rural     |   1385 |
| 32    | Nagaur         |  24395 |
| 33    | Pali           |   6638 |
| 34    | Pratapgarh     |   2368 |
| 35    | Rajsamand      |   3286 |
| 36    | Sawai Madhopur |   5056 |
| 37    | Shahpura       |      1 |
| 38    | Sikar          |  30014 |
| 39    | Sirohi         |   2486 |
| 40    | Sri Ganganagar |  19932 |
| 41    | Tonk           |   3084 |
| 42    | Udaipur        |  18038 |
| TOTAL |                | 377480 |

|   Sl. No. | District   |   2023 |
|-----------|------------|--------|
|         1 | Ajmer      |  20749 |
|         2 | Alwar      |   9443 |
|         3 | Anupgarh   |    964 |
|         4 | Balotra    |    200 |

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|   5 | Banswara          |   7965 |
|-----|-------------------|--------|
|   6 | Baran             |   2194 |
|   7 | Barmer            |   7571 |
|   8 | Beawar            |   1001 |
|   9 | Bharatpur         |   5986 |
|  10 | Bhilwara          |  10839 |
|  11 | Bhiwadi           |   5324 |
|  12 | Bikaner           |   9487 |
|  13 | Bundi             |   2430 |
|  14 | Chittorgarh       |   6099 |
|  15 | Churu             |  22437 |
|  16 | Dausa             |   5484 |
|  17 | Deeg              |    292 |
|  18 | Dholpur           |   1664 |
|  19 | Didwana- Kuchaman |   2980 |
|  20 | Dudu              |    124 |
|  21 | Dungarpur         |   5991 |
|  22 | Gangapur City     |    257 |
|  23 | Hanumangarh       |  13120 |
|  24 | Jaipur City       |  88922 |
|  25 | Jaipur Rural      |   6829 |
|  26 | Jaisalmer         |   3313 |
|  27 | Jalore            |   3877 |
|  28 | Jhalawar          |   2879 |
|  29 | Jhunjhunu         |  26727 |

| 30    | Jodhpur City     |   21206 |
|-------|------------------|---------|
| 31    | Jodhpur Rural    |    6992 |
| 32    | Karauli          |    3291 |
| 33    | Kekri            |     101 |
| 34    | Khairthal-Tijara |     335 |
| 35    | Kota City        |   12536 |
| 36    | Kota Rural       |    1985 |
| 37    | Kotputli-Behror  |     362 |
| 38    | Nagaur           |   26438 |
| 39    | Neem Ka Thana    |     636 |
| 40    | Pali             |    7778 |
| 41    | Phalodi          |     499 |
| 42    | Pratapgarh       |    2538 |
| 43    | Rajsamand        |    4040 |
| 44    | Salumbar         |     146 |
| 45    | Sanchore         |      24 |
| 46    | Sawai Madhopur   |    4811 |
| 47    | Shahpura         |      40 |
| 48    | Sikar            |   34923 |
| 49    | Sirohi           |    2945 |
| 50    | Sri Ganganagar   |   22439 |
| 51    | Tonk             |    3998 |
| 52    | Udaipur          |   19929 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL            |  453140 |

|   Sl. No. | District         |   2024 |
|-----------|------------------|--------|
|         1 | Ajmer            |  16377 |
|         2 | Alwar            |   8619 |
|         3 | Anupgarh         |   5399 |
|         4 | Balotra          |   3688 |
|         5 | Banswara         |   6641 |
|         6 | Baran            |   2201 |
|         7 | Barmer           |   5039 |
|         8 | Beawar           |   6351 |
|         9 | Bharatpur        |   4781 |
|        10 | Bhilwara         |  10439 |
|        11 | Bhiwadi          |   3117 |
|        12 | Bikaner          |  14115 |
|        13 | Bundi            |   2529 |
|        14 | Chittorgarh      |   6380 |
|        15 | Churu            |  26066 |
|        16 | Dausa            |   5265 |
|        17 | Deeg             |   2792 |
|        18 | Dholpur          |   1965 |
|        19 | Didwana-Kuchaman |  23940 |
|        20 | Dudu             |    744 |
|        21 | Dungarpur        |   5458 |
|        22 | Gangapur City    |   1520 |
|        23 | Hanumangarh      |  13488 |
|        24 | Jaipur City      |  88172 |
|        25 | Jaipur Rural     |   5680 |

| 26    | Jaisalmer        | 3724   |
|-------|------------------|--------|
| 27    | Jalore           | 3055   |
| 28    |                  |        |
|       | Jhalawar         | 2933   |
| 29    | Jhunjhunu        | 26750  |
| 30    | Jodhpur City     | 23418  |
| 31    | Jodhpur Rural    | 5327   |
| 32    | Karauli          | 3280   |
| 33    | Kekri            | 1638   |
| 34    | Khairthal-Tijara | 1999   |
| 35    | Kota City        | 13853  |
| 36    | Kota Rural       | 1698   |
| 37    | Kotputli-Behror  | 3651   |
| 38    | Nagaur           | 10397  |
| 39    | Neem Ka Thana    | 6759   |
| 40    | Pali             | 7059   |
| 41    | Phalodi          | 2656   |
| 42    | Pratapgarh       | 2412   |
| 43    | Rajsamand        | 3643   |
| 44    | Salumbar         | 1090   |
| 45    | Sanchore         | 2023   |
| 46    | Sawai Madhopur   | 3800   |
| 47    | Shahpura         | 1109   |
| 48    | Sikar            | 32781  |
| 49    | Sirohi           | 3544   |
| 50    | Sri Ganganagar   | 16641  |
| 51    | Tonk             | 3966   |
| 52    | Udaipur          | 20244  |
| TOTAL |                  | 480216 |

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