Lok Sabha Question No. 5709 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Status of PSKs and POPSKs
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti, Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 5709

ANSWERED ON- 04/04/2025

STATUS OF PSKS AND POPSKS

5709.  SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI

## SHRI TEJASVI SURYA

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :-

- (a) the total number of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) in the country, State-wise;
- (b)   whether   it   is   true   that   the   Government   plans   to   increase   the number of Passport Seva Kendras in the country to 600 by 2028-29, if so, the details thereof along with the list of proposed new Passport Seva Kendras in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is on track to meet the said deadline, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has received any requests to establish additional PSKs in Andhra Pradesh, particularly in north coastal and Rayalaseema regions, if so, the details thereof;

(e)   the average time taken to issue passports during the last five years, State-wise; and

(f) whether the Government plans to expand online passport services to ease the process and reduce travel for applicants, if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The lists of total number of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) in the country, State-wise are attached at Annexure-I  and  Annexure-II respectively.

(b)   to   (d)   Ministry   of   External   Affairs   (MEA)   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 Andhra Pradesh, where there is no PSK or a POPSK. As on date, 446 POPSKs are functional in the country. There are 37 LSCs where a PSK or a POPSK is yet to be opened.  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.

Currently, there is no request received to establish additional PSKs in Andhra   Pradesh,   particularly   in   north   coastal   and   Rayalaseema regions.   However,   it   may   be   noted   that   a   PSK   or   a   POPSK   is operational in each of the LSC in Andhra Pradesh to cater to the needs of Passport seekers.

(e) The details of average time taken to issue passports, during the last five years, RPO-wise/State-wise is attached at Annexure-III.

(f) The Ministry has eased the passport issuing process and has made it an online procedure including getting appointments for submission of   documents for passports. Effective technical infrastructure is in place to ensure that the Passport Seva system is available for access at all times from any location. The Passport Portal (www.passportindia.gov.in)   is   accessible   to   anyone,   anywhere   and anytime. Citizens can also apply, pay and schedule appointments for passport services on 'mPassportSeva' mobile app, and do not require access of computer and printer to apply for passport services.

POPSKs are established in remote locations and small towns in the LSCs   away   from   the   State   capitals,   thereby   bringing   passports services closer to the citizens and making it easier for citizens to

obtain   Passports.   Moreover,   in   June   2018,   MEA   had   launched   the 'Apply anywhere in India' scheme, under which a passport can be applied at any PSK/POPSK in India.  In addition, Mobile Vans are also being deployed in Regional Passport Offices to provide the doorstep services to the Passport seekers at remote areas. *****

|       |                                      |                                      | Annexure- I                          |
|-------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|       | List of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) | List of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) | List of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) |
| S. No | RPO Name                             | State Name                           | PSK                                  |
| 1     |                                      |                                      | PSK Mithakali                        |
| 2     | RPO Ahmedabad                        |                                      | PSK Rajkot                           |
| 3     |                                      | Gujarat                              | PSK Vadodara                         |
| 4     |                                      |                                      | PSK Vijay Cross Road                 |
| 5     | RPO Amritsar                         | Punjab                               | PSK Amritsar                         |
| 6     | RPO Bareilly                         | Uttar Pradesh                        | PSK Bareilly                         |
| 7     |                                      |                                      | PSK Bengaluru, Lalbagh               |
| 8     |                                      |                                      | PSK Bengaluru, Sai Arcade            |
| 9     | RPO Bengaluru                        | Karnataka                            | PSK Mangaluru                        |
| 10    |                                      |                                      | PSK Hubli-Dharwad                    |
| 11    |                                      |                                      | PSK Kalaburagi                       |
| 12    |                                      |                                      | PSK Bhopal                           |
|       | RPO Bhopal                           | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                      |
| 13 14 |                                      |                                      | PSK Indore                           |
| 15    | RPO Bhubaneswar                      | Odisha                               | PSK Bhubaneswar PSK Ambala           |
| 16    | RPO Chandigarh                       | Punjab / Chandigarh                  | PSK Chandigarh                       |
| 17    |                                      | (UT)*                                | PSK Ludhiana                         |
| 18    |                                      |                                      | PSK Aminjikarai                      |
| 19    |                                      |                                      | PSK Saligramam                       |
| 20    | RPO Chennai                          | Tamil Nadu                           | PSK Tambaram                         |
| 21    |                                      |                                      | PSK Puducherry                       |
| 22    |                                      |                                      | PSK Alappuzha                        |
| 23    |                                      |                                      | PSK Kottayam                         |
| 24    | RPO Cochin                           | Kerala                               | PSK Thrissur                         |
| 25    |                                      |                                      | PSK Tripunithura                     |
| 26    |                                      |                                      | PSK Aluva                            |
| 27    | RPO Coimbatore                       | Tamil Nadu                           | PSK Coimbatore                       |
| 28    | RPO Dehradun                         | Uttrakhand                           | PSK Dehradun                         |
| 29    |                                      |                                      | PSK Gurgaon                          |
| 30    |                                      |                                      | PSK Jhandewalan                      |
| 31    | RPO Delhi                            | Delhi                                | PSK Defence Colony                   |
| 32    |                                      |                                      | PSK Shalimar Place                   |
| 33    | RPO Ghaziabad                        | Uttar Pradesh                        | PSK Ghaziabad                        |
| 34    | RPO Goa                              | Goa                                  | PSK Panaji                           |
| 35    |                                      |                                      | PSK Guwahati                         |
| 36    |                                      |                                      | PSK Aizawl                           |
| 37    |                                      |                                      | PSK Dimapur                          |
| 38    | RPO Guwahati                         | Assam                                | PSK Imphal                           |
| 39    |                                      |                                      | PSK Itanagar                         |
| 40    |                                      |                                      | PSK Shillong                         |
| 41    | RPO Hyderabad                        | Telangana                            | PSK Ameerpet                         |

| 42                          |                  |               | PSK Begumpet         |
|-----------------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------|
| 43                          |                  |               | PSK Nizamabad        |
| 44                          |                  |               | PSK Toli Chowki      |
| 45                          |                  |               | PSK Karimnagar       |
| 46                          |                  |               | PSK Jaipur           |
| RPO Jaipur 47               |                  |               | PSK Jodhpur          |
| 48                          |                  | Rajasthan     | PSK Sikar            |
| RPO Kota                    |                  |               | PSK Udaipur          |
| 49 50                       |                  |               | PSK Hoshiarpur       |
| RPO Jalandhar 51            | Punjab           |               | PSK Jalandhar -1     |
| 52                          |                  |               | PSK Jalandhar -2     |
| 53 RPO Jammu                | Jammu and        | Kashmir       | PSK Jammu            |
|                             |                  |               | PSK Berhampore       |
| 54 55                       |                  |               | PSK Kolkata          |
| RPO Kolkata                 |                  | West Bengal   | PSK Agartala         |
| 56 57                       |                  |               | PSK Gangtok          |
| 58                          |                  |               | PSK Siliguri         |
| 59                          |                  |               | PSK Kannur           |
| 60 61                       |                  |               | PSK Kozhikode        |
| RPO Kozhikode               |                  | Kerala        | PSK Malappuram       |
| 62                          |                  |               | PSK Payyanur         |
| 63                          |                  |               | PSK Vadakara         |
| 64                          |                  |               | PSK Gorakhpur        |
| RPO Lucknow 65              |                  | Uttar Pradesh | PSK Kanpur           |
| 66                          |                  |               | PSK Lucknow          |
| 67 68                       |                  |               | PSK Varanasi         |
| RPO Madurai                 |                  | Tamil Nadu    | PSK Madurai          |
| 69                          |                  |               | PSK Tirunelveli City |
| 70                          |                  |               | PSK Andheri          |
| 71                          |                  |               | PSK Lower Parel      |
| RPO Mumbai 72               |                  |               | PSK Malad            |
| 73                          | Maharashtra      |               | PSK Nashik           |
| 74                          |                  |               | PSK Thane            |
| 75 RPO Nagpur 76            |                  |               | PSK Nagpur           |
| RPO Patna                   |                  |               | PSK Patna            |
| 77                          | Bihar            |               | Darbhanga            |
| 78 79                       |                  |               | PSK Pune             |
| RPO Pune                    |                  | Maharashtra   | PSK Solapur          |
| 80 RPO Raipur               | Chhattisgarh     |               | PSK Raipur           |
|                             |                  | Jharkhand     | PSK Ranchi           |
| 81 RPO Ranchi 82 RPO Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |               | PSK Shimla           |

| 83    | RPO Srinagar    | Jammu and Kashmir   | PSK Srinagar        |
|-------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 84    | RPO Surat       | Gujarat             | PSK Surat           |
| 85    | RPO             | Tamil Nadu          | PSK Thanjavur       |
| 86    | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu          | PSK Tiruchirappalli |
| 87 88 | RPO Trivandrum  | Kerala              | PSK Kollam          |
|       | RPO Trivandrum  | Kerala              | PSK Neyyattinkara   |
| 89    | RPO Trivandrum  | Kerala              | PSK Vazhuthacaud    |
| 90    | RPO Vijayawada  | Andhra Pradesh      | PSK Tirupathi       |
| 91    |                 | Andhra Pradesh      | PSK Vijaywada       |
| 92    | RPO             | Andhra Pradesh      | PSK Visakhapatnam   |
| 93    | Visakhapatnam   | Andhra Pradesh      | PSK Bhimavaram      |

* RPO Chandigarh takes care of Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Annexure-II List of Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs)

|   S.No | State/UT          | Passport Office   | Locations of POPSK   |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|      1 | A & N Island      | Kolkata           | Port Blair           |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Anantapur            |
|      3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Bapatla              |
|      4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Chittoor             |
|      5 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Gudivada             |
|      6 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Guntur               |
|      7 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Hindupur             |
|      8 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Kadapa               |
|      9 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Kodur                |
|     10 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Kurnool              |
|     11 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Nandyal              |
|     12 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Narasaraopet         |
|     13 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Nellore              |
|     14 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | Ongole               |
|     15 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Amalapuram           |
|     16 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Eluru                |
|     17 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Kakinada             |
|     18 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Rajamundry           |
|     19 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Srikakulam           |
|     20 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Vizianagaram         |
|     21 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Yelamanchili         |
|     22 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | Araku                |
|     23 | Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati          | Changlang            |
|     24 | Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati          | Khonsa               |
|     25 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Barpeta              |
|     26 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Dhubri               |
|     27 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Dibrugarh            |
|     28 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Goalpara             |
|     29 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Golaghat             |
|     30 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Jorhat               |
|     31 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Karbi Anglong        |
|     32 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Karimganj            |
|     33 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Kokrajhar            |
|     34 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Mangaldoi            |
|     35 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Nagaon               |
|     36 | Assam             | Guwahati          | North Lakhimpur      |
|     37 | Assam             | Guwahati          | Silchar              |

|   38 | Assam        | Guwahati   | Tezpur        |
|------|--------------|------------|---------------|
|   39 | Assam        | Guwahati   | Tinsukia      |
|   40 | Bihar        | Patna      | Arrah         |
|   41 | Bihar        | Patna      | Aurangabad    |
|   42 | Bihar        | Patna      | Banka         |
|   43 | Bihar        | Patna      | Begusarai     |
|   44 | Bihar        | Patna      | Bettiah       |
|   45 | Bihar        | Patna      | Bhagalpur     |
|   46 | Bihar        | Patna      | Buxar         |
|   47 | Bihar        | Patna      | Chapra        |
|   48 | Bihar        | Patna      | Dalmianagar   |
|   49 | Bihar        | Patna      | Ekma          |
|   50 | Bihar        | Patna      | Dalsinghsarai |
|   51 | Bihar        | Patna      | Forbesganj    |
|   52 | Bihar        | Patna      | Gaya          |
|   53 | Bihar        | Patna      | Gopalganj     |
|   54 | Bihar        | Patna      | Hajipur       |
|   55 | Bihar        | Patna      | Jahanabad     |
|   56 | Bihar        | Patna      | Jamui         |
|   57 | Bihar        | Patna      | Katihar       |
|   58 | Bihar        | Patna      | Khagaria      |
|   59 | Bihar        | Patna      | Kishanganj    |
|   60 | Bihar        | Patna      | Madhubani     |
|   61 | Bihar        | Patna      | Maner         |
|   62 | Bihar        | Patna      | Motihari      |
|   63 | Bihar        | Patna      | Munger        |
|   64 | Bihar        | Patna      | Muzaffarpur   |
|   65 | Bihar        | Patna      | Nalanda       |
|   66 | Bihar        | Patna      | Nawada        |
|   67 | Bihar        | Patna      | Purnia        |
|   68 | Bihar        | Patna      | Saharsa       |
|   69 | Bihar        | Patna      | Samastipur    |
|   70 | Bihar        | Patna      | Sasaram       |
|   71 | Bihar        | Patna      | Sheohar       |
|   72 | Bihar        | Patna      | Sitamarhi     |
|   73 | Bihar        | Patna      | Siwan         |
|   74 | Bihar        | Patna      | Rajnagar      |
|   75 | Bihar        | Patna      | Bakhera       |
|   76 | Bihar        | Patna      | Supaul        |
|   77 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur     | Bastar        |

|   78 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Bilaspur       |
|------|------------------------------|-----------|----------------|
|   79 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Durg           |
|   80 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Janjgir-Champa |
|   81 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Kanker         |
|   82 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Korba          |
|   83 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Raigarh        |
|   84 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Rajnandgaon    |
|   85 | Chhattisgarh                 | Raipur    | Surguja        |
|   86 | D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu | Mumbai    | Daman          |
|   87 | D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu | Mumbai    | Silvasa        |
|   88 | Delhi                        | Delhi     | Janak Puri     |
|   89 | Delhi                        | Delhi     | Mehrauli       |
|   90 | Delhi                        | Delhi     | Nehru Place    |
|   91 | Delhi                        | Delhi     | Patparganj     |
|   92 | Delhi                        | Delhi     | Yamuna Vihar   |
|   93 | Goa                          | Panaji    | Margao         |
|   94 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Amreli         |
|   95 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Anand          |
|   96 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Bharuch        |
|   97 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Bhavnagar      |
|   98 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Bhuj           |
|   99 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Chhota Udaipur |
|  100 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Dahod          |
|  101 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Gandhinagar    |
|  102 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Godhra         |
|  103 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Himmatnagar    |
|  104 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Jamnagar       |
|  105 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Junagadh       |
|  106 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Mehsana        |
|  107 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Nadiad         |
|  108 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Palanpur       |
|  109 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Patan          |
|  110 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Porbandar      |
|  111 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Surendranagar  |
|  112 | Gujarat                      | Ahmedabad | Veraval        |
|  113 | Gujarat                      | Surat     | Bardoli        |
|  114 | Gujarat                      | Surat     | Navsari        |
|  115 | Gujarat                      | Surat     | Rajpipla       |

|   116 | Gujarat          | Surat      | Valsad         |
|-------|------------------|------------|----------------|
|   117 | Haryana          | Chandigarh | Bhiwani        |
|   118 | Haryana          | Chandigarh | Hisar          |
|   119 | Haryana          | Chandigarh | Kaithal        |
|   120 | Haryana          | Chandigarh | Karnal         |
|   121 | Haryana          | Chandigarh | Sirsa          |
|   122 | Haryana          | Chandigarh | Yamunanagar    |
|   123 | Haryana          | Delhi      | Faridabad      |
|   124 | Haryana          | Delhi      | Narnaul        |
|   125 | Haryana          | Delhi      | Panipat        |
|   126 | Haryana          | Delhi      | Rohtak         |
|   127 | Haryana          | Delhi      | Sonipat        |
|   128 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla     | Hamirpur       |
|   129 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla     | Kangra         |
|   130 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla     | Kullu          |
|   131 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla     | Mandi          |
|   132 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla     | Palampur       |
|   133 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla     | Una            |
|   134 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Jammu      | Kathua         |
|   135 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Jammu      | Rajouri        |
|   136 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Jammu      | Udhampur       |
|   137 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Srinagar   | Anantnag       |
|   138 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Srinagar   | Baramulla      |
|   139 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Bokaro         |
|   140 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Chaibasa       |
|   141 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Deoghar        |
|   142 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Dhanbad        |
|   143 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Dumka          |
|   144 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Giridih        |
|   145 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Godda          |
|   146 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Gumla          |
|   147 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Hazaribagh     |
|   148 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Jamshedpur     |
|   149 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Jhumri Tilaiya |
|   150 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Khunti         |
|   151 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Medininagar    |
|   152 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Sahibganj      |
|   153 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi     | Simaria        |
|   154 | Karnataka        | Bengaluru  | Ankola         |
|   155 | Karnataka        | Bengaluru  | Bagalkot       |

|   156 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Belagavi       |
|-------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|   157 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Ballari        |
|   158 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Bidar          |
|   159 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Chamarajanagar |
|   160 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Channapatna    |
|   161 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Chikkaballapur |
|   162 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Chikkodi       |
|   163 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Chitradurga    |
|   164 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Davangere      |
|   165 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Gadag          |
|   166 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Hassan         |
|   167 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Jalahalli      |
|   168 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Koppal         |
|   169 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Maddur         |
|   170 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Mysuru         |
|   171 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Raichur        |
|   172 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Robertsonpet   |
|   173 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Shivamogga     |
|   174 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Tumakuru       |
|   175 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Udupi          |
|   176 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru           | Vijayapura     |
|   177 | Kerala         | Cochin              | Chengannur     |
|   178 | Kerala         | Cochin              | Kattappana     |
|   179 | Kerala         | Cochin              | Nenmara        |
|   180 | Kerala         | Cochin              | Palakkad       |
|   181 | Kerala         | Kozhikode           | Kasargod       |
|   182 | Kerala         | Thiruvananthapur am | Attingal       |
|   183 | Kerala         | Thiruvananthapur am | Pathanamthitta |
|   184 | Ladakh         | Srinagar            | Leh            |
|   185 | Lakshadweep    | Cochin              | Kavaratti      |
|   186 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Balaghat       |
|   187 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Betul          |
|   188 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Chhatarpur     |
|   189 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Chhindwara     |
|   190 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Damoh          |
|   191 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Dewas          |
|   192 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Dhar           |
|   193 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal              | Guna           |

|   194 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Gwalior     |
|-------|------------------|----------|-------------|
|   195 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Hoshangabad |
|   196 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Jabalpur    |
|   197 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Ratlam      |
|   198 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Rewa        |
|   199 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Sagar       |
|   200 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Satna       |
|   201 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Seoni       |
|   202 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Tikamgarh   |
|   203 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Ujjain      |
|   204 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Vidisha     |
|   205 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Mandsaur    |
|   206 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Shahdol     |
|   207 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal   | Khandwa     |
|   208 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Aurangabad  |
|   209 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Bhiwandi    |
|   210 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Bhusawal    |
|   211 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Dhule       |
|   212 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Dombivli    |
|   213 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Jalgaon     |
|   214 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Rajapur     |
|   215 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Santacruz   |
|   216 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Sion        |
|   217 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Vashi       |
|   218 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Vasai       |
|   219 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Vikroli     |
|   220 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai   | Alibaug     |
|   221 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Akola       |
|   222 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Amravati    |
|   223 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Bhandara    |
|   224 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Buldhana    |
|   225 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Chandrapur  |
|   226 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Gadchiroli  |
|   227 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Hingoli     |
|   228 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Katoal      |
|   229 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Wardha      |
|   230 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur   | Yavatmal    |
|   231 | Maharashtra      | Pune     | Ahmednagar  |
|   232 | Maharashtra      | Pune     | Baramati    |
|   233 | Maharashtra      | Pune     | Beed        |

|   234 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Ichalkaranji     |
|-------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|   235 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Jalna            |
|   236 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Kolhapur         |
|   237 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Latur            |
|   238 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Madha            |
|   239 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Nanded           |
|   240 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Osmanabad        |
|   241 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Pandharpur       |
|   242 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Parbhani         |
|   243 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Pimpri Chinchwad |
|   244 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Sangli           |
|   245 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Satara           |
|   246 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Shirur           |
|   247 | Maharashtra   | Pune           | Srirampur        |
|   248 | Maharashtra   | Mumbai         | Nandurbar        |
|   249 | Manipur       | Guwahati       | Kakching         |
|   250 | Meghalaya     | Guwahati       | Tura             |
|   251 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Aska             |
|   252 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Balasore         |
|   253 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Bargarh          |
|   254 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Baripada         |
|   255 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Berhampur        |
|   256 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Bhadrak          |
|   257 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Bhawanipatna     |
|   258 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Bolangir         |
|   259 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Cuttack          |
|   260 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Dhenkanal        |
|   261 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Jagatsinghpur    |
|   262 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Jajpur           |
|   263 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Kendrapara       |
|   264 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Keonjhar         |
|   265 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Koraput          |
|   266 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Nabarangpur      |
|   267 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Phulbani         |
|   268 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Puri             |
|   269 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Rourkela         |
|   270 | Odisha        | Bhubaneswar    | Sambalpur        |
|   271 | Puducherry    | Tiruchirapalli | Karaikal         |
|   272 | Punjab        | Amritsar       | Ferozapur        |
|   273 | Punjab        | Chandigarh     | Bassi Pathanan   |

|   274 | Punjab     | Chandigarh   | Bathinda       |
|-------|------------|--------------|----------------|
|   275 | Punjab     | Chandigarh   | Malerkotla     |
|   276 | Punjab     | Chandigarh   | Patiala        |
|   277 | Punjab     | Chandigarh   | Ropar          |
|   278 | Punjab     | Jalandhar    | Moga           |
|   279 | Punjab     | Jalandhar    | Pathankot      |
|   280 | Punjab     | Jalandhar    | Phagwara       |
|   281 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Ajmer          |
|   282 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Alwar          |
|   283 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Barmer         |
|   284 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Bharatpur      |
|   285 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Bikaner        |
|   286 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Churu          |
|   287 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Dausa          |
|   288 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Hanumangarh    |
|   289 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Jaisalmer      |
|   290 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Jhunjhunu      |
|   291 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Dholpur        |
|   292 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Kotputli       |
|   293 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Nagaur         |
|   294 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Pali           |
|   295 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Banswara       |
|   296 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Bhilwara       |
|   297 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Chittorgarh    |
|   298 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Jhalawar       |
|   299 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Kankroli       |
|   300 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Kota           |
|   301 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Pratapgarh     |
|   302 | Rajasthan  | Kota         | Sawai Madhopur |
|   303 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Sirohi         |
|   304 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur       | Sriganganagar  |
|   305 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Arani          |
|   306 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Chennai GPO    |
|   307 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Chidambaram    |
|   308 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Cuddalore      |
|   309 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Dharmapuri     |
|   310 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Kallakurichi   |
|   311 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Kancheepuram   |
|   312 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Krishnagiri    |
|   313 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai      | Ranipet        |

|   314 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         | Tiruvallur        |
|-------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|   315 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         | Tiruvannamalai    |
|   316 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         | Vellore           |
|   317 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         | Villupuram        |
|   318 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore      | Coonoor           |
|   319 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore      | Erode             |
|   320 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore      | Rasipuram         |
|   321 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore      | Salem             |
|   322 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore      | Tirupur           |
|   323 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Bodineyaknur      |
|   324 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Devakottai        |
|   325 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Kodai Road        |
|   326 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Nagercoil         |
|   327 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Rajapalayam       |
|   328 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Ramanathapuram    |
|   329 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Thoothukkudi      |
|   330 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         | Virudhunagar      |
|   331 | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirappalli | Karur             |
|   332 | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirapalli  | Perambalur        |
|   333 | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirappalli | Sirkali           |
|   334 | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirappalli | Thiruthuraipoondi |
|   335 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Adilabad          |
|   336 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Bhongir           |
|   337 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Kamareddy         |
|   338 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Khammam           |
|   339 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Mahabubabad       |
|   340 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Mancherial        |
|   341 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Medak             |
|   342 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Medchal           |
|   343 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Mahaboobnagar     |
|   344 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Nalgonda          |
|   345 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Siddipet          |
|   346 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Vikarabad         |
|   347 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Wanaparthy        |
|   348 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       | Warangal          |
|   349 | Tripura       | Kolkata         | Dhramanagar       |
|   350 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly        | Amroha            |
|   351 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly        | Badaun            |
|   352 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly        | Bijnaur           |
|   353 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly        | Moradabad         |

|   354 | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   | Pilibhit        |
|-------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|   355 | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   | Rampur          |
|   356 | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   | Nagina          |
|   357 | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   | Shahjahanpur    |
|   358 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Achnera         |
|   359 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Agra            |
|   360 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Aligarh         |
|   361 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Baghpat         |
|   362 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Bulandshahr     |
|   363 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Hathras         |
|   364 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Meerut          |
|   365 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Muzaffarnagar   |
|   366 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Noida           |
|   367 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Saharanpur      |
|   368 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  | Vrindavan       |
|   369 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Allahabad       |
|   370 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Ambedkar Nagar  |
|   371 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Amethi          |
|   372 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Ayodhya         |
|   373 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Azamgarh        |
|   374 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Bahraich        |
|   375 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Ballia          |
|   376 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Balrampur       |
|   377 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Banda           |
|   378 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Bhadohi         |
|   379 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Chunar          |
|   380 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Deoria          |
|   381 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Farrukhabad     |
|   382 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Fatehpur        |
|   383 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Ghazipur        |
|   384 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Gonda           |
|   385 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Mau             |
|   386 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Hamirpur        |
|   387 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Hardoi          |
|   388 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Jaunpur         |
|   389 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Jhansi          |
|   390 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Lakhimpur Kheri |
|   391 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Maharajganj     |
|   392 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Misrikh         |
|   393 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | Pratapgarh      |

|   394 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   | Raebareli               |
|-------|-----------------|-----------|-------------------------|
|   395 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   | Siddharth Nagar         |
|   396 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   | Sitapur                 |
|   397 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   | Sultanpur               |
|   398 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   | Unnao                   |
|   399 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   | Etawah                  |
|   400 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   | Jalaun                  |
|   401 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  | Almora                  |
|   402 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  | Kathgodam               |
|   403 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  | Nainital                |
|   404 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  | Roorkee                 |
|   405 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  | Rudrapur                |
|   406 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  | Srinagar                |
|   407 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Alipurduar              |
|   408 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Amta                    |
|   409 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Arambagh                |
|   410 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Asansol                 |
|   411 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Ashoknagar              |
|   412 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Balurghat               |
|   413 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Bangaon                 |
|   414 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Bankura                 |
|   415 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Bardhaman               |
|   416 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Barrackpore             |
|   417 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Basirhat                |
|   418 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Beadon Street           |
|   419 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Bishnupur               |
|   420 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Bolpur                  |
|   421 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Canning Town Ferry Ghat |
|   422 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Chinsurah               |
|   423 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Coochbehar              |
|   424 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Darjeeling              |
|   425 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Diamond Harbour         |
|   426 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Dum Dum                 |
|   427 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Ghatal                  |
|   428 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Howrah                  |
|   429 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Jadavpur                |
|   430 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Jalpaiguri              |
|   431 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Jhargram                |
|   432 | West Bengal     | Kolkata   | Jiyaganj                |

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(As on 28.03.2025)

## ANNEXURE-III

## Average Passport Issuance Time* (excluding Police Verification time) during last 5 years 2020 -2024 :

| RPOs         | STATEs / UTs   | 2020   | 2020    | 2021   | 2021    | 2022   | 2022    | 2023   | 2023    | 2024                       |
|--------------|----------------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|----------------------------|
| RPOs         | STATEs / UTs   | Normal | Tatkaal | Normal | Tatkaal | Normal | Tatkaal | Normal | Tatkaal | Normal + Tatkaal (Average) |
| Ahmedabad    | Gujarat        | 9      | 1       | 11     | 0       | 10     | 1       | 20     | 2       | 14                         |
| Amritsar     | Punjab         | 5      | 3       | 17     | 2       | 12     | 2       | 11     | 2       | 13                         |
| Bareilly     | Uttar Pradesh  | 53     | 4       | 25     | 4       | 28     | 2       | 19     | 3       | 22                         |
| Bengaluru    | Karnataka      | 7      | 1       | 8      | 0       | 5      | 1       | 7      | 1       | 15                         |
| Bhopal       | Madhya Pradesh | 10     | 1       | 17     | 1       | 6      | 2       | 8      | 1       | 8                          |
| Bhubaneswar  | Odisha         | 22     | 1       | 14     | 1       | 11     | 1       | 15     | 2       | 46                         |
| Chandigarh   | Chandigarh     | 8      | 1       | 17     | 1       | 9      | 2       | 14     | 1       | 16                         |
| Chennai      | Tamil Nadu     | 6      | 2       | 6      | 0       | 4      | 1       | 4      | 1       | 7                          |
| Cochin       | Kerala         | 3      | 0       | 4      | 0       | 4      | 1       | 4      | 1       | 3                          |
| Coimbatore   | Tamil Nadu     | 4      | 0       | 7      | 0       | 3      | 1       | 6      | 2       | 22                         |
| Dehradun     | Uttarakhand    | 26     | 2       | 18     | 1       | 10     | 1       | 21     | 3       | 23                         |
| Delhi        | Delhi          | 35     | 3       | 22     | 2       | 16     | 2       | 10     | 2       | 10                         |
| Ghaziabad    | Uttar Pradesh  | 18     | 3       | 34     | 2       | 20     | 1       | 30     | 4       | 26                         |
| Goa (Panaji) | Goa            | 5      | 2       | 10     | 1       | 2      | 2       | 2      | 1       | 2                          |
| Guwahati     | Assam          | 10     | 7       | 79     | 3       | 9      | 5       | 9      | 4       | 11                         |
| Hyderabad    | Telangana      | 6      | 0       | 6      | 1       | 10     | 2       | 13     | 2       | 12                         |
| Jaipur       | Rajasthan      | 11     | 1       | 18     | 0       | 8      | 2       | 9      | 1       | 16                         |
| Jalandhar    | Punjab         | 2      | 0       | 16     | 1       | 5      | 2       | 5      | 1       | 6                          |

| Jammu           | Jammu & Kashmir   | 4   | -   | 62   | 0   | 6   | -   |   11 | -   |   11 |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|------|
| Kolkata         | West Bengal       | 6   | 2   | 24   | 1   | 5   | 1   |    6 | 1   |   18 |
| Kota            | Rajasthan         | -   | -   | -    | -   | -   | -   |    5 | 0   |   13 |
| Kozhikode       | Kerala            | 3   | 0   | 5    | 0   | 3   | 1   |    4 | 0   |    4 |
| Lucknow         | Uttar Pradesh     | 16  | 5   | 22   | 5   | 10  | 2   |    7 | 2   |   11 |
| Madurai         | Tamil Nadu        | 7   | 1   | 10   | 0   | 5   | 2   |    6 | 3   |    7 |
| Mumbai          | Maharashtra       | 7   | 1   | 21   | 1   | 7   | 1   |    6 | 1   |    9 |
| Nagpur          | Maharashtra       | 9   | 1   | 19   | 1   | 12  | 1   |    7 | 1   |   22 |
| Patna           | Bihar             | 11  | 1   | 20   | 0   | 5   | 2   |    5 | 1   |    9 |
| Pune            | Maharashtra       | 8   | 1   | 19   | 1   | 8   | 1   |   10 | 2   |    9 |
| Raipur          | Chhattis- garh    | 22  | 1   | 34   | 1   | 14  | 2   |   18 | 1   |   25 |
| Ranchi          | Jharkhand         | 20  | 1   | 23   | 2   | 6   | 2   |   15 | 3   |   10 |
| Shimla          | Himachal Pradesh  | 3   | 1   | 3    | 0   | 3   | 1   |    6 | 0   |    6 |
| Srinagar        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3   | -   | 89   | -   | 9   | -   |    9 | -   |   10 |
| Surat           | Gujarat           | 7   | 0   | 9    | 0   | 9   | 1   |   19 | 1   |   20 |
| Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu        | 6   | 1   | 12   | 0   | 3   | 1   |    5 | 1   |    5 |
| Trivandrum      | Kerala            | 3   | 0   | 6    | 0   | 5   | 1   |    9 | 1   |    7 |
| Vijayawada      | Andhra Pradesh    | 12  | 2   | 11   | 2   | 13  | 2   |   11 | 3   |   11 |
| Visakhapatnam   | Andhra Pradesh    | 8   | 2   | 16   | 3   | 14  | 2   |   11 | 3   |   14 |

* excludes escalated, adverse, stop cases.

*****