Under the Passport Seva Project,
all the planned 77(seventy seven) Passport SevaKendras (PSKs) have
been made operational across the country. There is no plan to open any new
Passport Office in the country. However, the Government is conducting
a feasibility study to expand the network of passport delivery mechanism by
means of additional Passport Seva Kendras/Passport Seva Laghu Kendras in
various States/UTs, including Andhra Pradesh.
The full implementation of Passport Seva Project
(PSP) has transformed Passport Issuance System by way of adding 77 PSKs to
the 38 Passport Issuing Authorities in India, including Andaman & Nicobar Administration
and introducing online filing of applications. The PSP has a centralised IT
system linking all Passport Offices, PSKs, Police and India Post. The
Passport infrastructure has also been upgraded. The Passport Offices have
regular interaction with concerned police authorities to expediteverification reports
of the applicants. Passport Adalats are also conducted by Passport
Offices from time to time. Guidelines for quick scrutiny of passport
applications and defining the roles of personnel manning the PSKs are
being framed to reduce processing time. The Government has also taken steps to
create a motivated workforce by improving working conditions, training, and
staff welfare and career progression measures.
The state-wise location of PSKs is
given below.
STATE-WISE LIST
OF PSKs
S. No.
|
State/UT
|
No. ofPSKs
|
Location
|
1.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
7
|
Hyderabad I, II & III, Nizamabad,Vijayawada,
Tirupati, Visakhapatnam,
|
2.
|
Assam
|
1
|
Guwahati
|
3.
|
Bihar
|
1
|
Patna
|
4.
|
Chandigarh UT
|
1
|
Chandigarh
|
5.
|
Chhatisgarh
|
1
|
Raipur*
|
6.
|
Delhi NCT
|
3
|
Herald House, Shalimar Place,
Bhikaji Cama Place*
|
7.
|
Goa
|
1
|
Panaji*
|
8.
|
Gujarat
|
5
|
Ahmedabad I& II, Baroda,
Rajkot, Surat.
|
9.
|
Haryana
|
2
|
Ambala, Gurgaon.
|
10.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1
|
Shimla*
|
11.
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
2
|
Jammu*, Srinagar*.
|
12.
|
Jharkhand
|
1
|
Ranchi*
|
13.
|
Karnataka
|
4
|
Bangalore I & II, Hubli, Mangalore.
|
14.
|
Kerala
|
13
|
Thiruvananthapuram,
Thiruvananthapuram
(Rural), Kollam, Cochin,
Ernakulam Rural,
Alapuzha, Kottayam,
Malappuram, Thrissur,
Kozhikode I & II, Kannur I & II.
|
15.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1
|
Bhopal
|
16.
|
Maharashtra
|
7
|
Mumbai I, II & III, Pune, Nagpur, Thane,Nashik.
|
17.
|
Odisha
|
1
|
Bhubaneswar*
|
18.
|
Punjab
|
5
|
Amritsar, Ludhiana,
Jalandhar I & II,
Hoshiarpur.
|
19.
|
Rajasthan
|
3
|
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar.
|
20.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
8
|
Chennai I, II & III, Trichy
Thanjavur, Madurai,
Tirunelveli, Coimbatore,
|
21.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
6
|
Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur,Bareilly,
Ghaziabad.
|
22.
|
Uttarakhand
|
1
|
Dehradun*
|
23.
|
West Bengal
|
2
|
Kolkata, Berhampore.
|
TOTAL
|
77
|
*Co-located PSK
The Minister of State in the Ministry Of
External Affairs Shri E. Ahamed provided this information in
reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Source : PIB, August 30, 2012
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