Lok Sabha Question No. 757 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: Passport Service Centres
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Praveen Patel, Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-757 ANSWERED ON 26/07/2024 PASSPORT SERVICE CENTRES

## 757.  SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE

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

(a) the number of officers and employees working in the Passport Seva Kendras presently, State-wise;

- (b)   the   total   number   of   Passport   Seva   Kendras   in   the   State   of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)   the   overall   percentage   increase   witnessed   in   the   number   of passport applications in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh during the last five years; and

(d) whether the number of officers and employees in passport centres has been increased in proportion to the increase in the number of said applications and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a) The number of officers and employees working in the Passport Seva   Kendras   (PSK)   and   Post   Office   Passport   Seva   Kendras (POPSK) presently, State-wise, is at Annexure 1.
- (b) Total number of the PSK and POPSK in the States of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh is as under:
- (c) Overall increase of 16.45% in Maharashtra and 38.66% in Uttar Pradesh has been witnessed in the number of passports issued during the last five (05) years as per details below:

|   S.No. | State         |   PSK |   POPSK |   Total |
|---------|---------------|-------|---------|---------|
|       1 | Maharashtra   |    08 |      41 |      49 |
|       2 | Uttar Pradesh |    06 |      51 |      57 |

| State         | 2019      | 2020     | 2021     | 2022      | 2023      | Increase of %   |
|---------------|-----------|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
| Mahara shtra  | 12,96,683 | 5,66,199 | 7,64,668 | 12,50,829 | 15,10,112 | 16.45%          |
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,87,102  | 4,96,619 | 6,42,165 | 11,15,650 | 13,68,760 | 38.66%          |

(d) The Ministry has augmented manpower by taking various steps including  regular   promotion   of   eligible   officials   and   officers   of   the Central   Passport   Organization   (CPO),   appointment   of   officers   and officials   in   CPO   on   direct   recruitment   &   deputation   basis   and engagement of staff on contractual basis.

*****

## Annexure 1

## Number of   officers   and   employees   working   in   the   Passport   Seva Kendras (PSK) and Post Office  Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) (State-wise)

| S.No.             | State           | Number of officers and employees working in the PSK and POPSK   |
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.                | Andhra Pradesh  | 32                                                              |
| 2.                | Assam           | 15                                                              |
| 3.                | Bihar           | 20                                                              |
| 4.                | Chhattisgarh    | 10                                                              |
| 5. Goa            |                 | 04                                                              |
| 6.                | Gujarat         | 63                                                              |
| 7. Himachal       | Pradesh 07      |                                                                 |
| 8. Jharkhand      | 07              |                                                                 |
| Karnataka         |                 | 38                                                              |
| 9. 10.            | Kerala          | 120                                                             |
| 11.               | Madhya Pradesh  | 14                                                              |
| 12.               | Maharashtra     | 111                                                             |
| 13.               | Odisha          | 05                                                              |
| 14.               | Punjab          | 46                                                              |
| 15.               | Rajasthan       | 26                                                              |
| 16. Tamil Nadu    | 71              |                                                                 |
| 17.               | Telangana       | 44                                                              |
| 18. Uttar Pradesh | 90              |                                                                 |
| 19.               | Uttarakhand     | 12                                                              |
| 20.               | West Bengal     | 30                                                              |
| 21.               | Chandigarh      | 38                                                              |
| 22.               | Jammu & Kashmir | 28                                                              |
| 23.               | Delhi           | 57                                                              |
| Total             |                 | 888                                                             |

*****