Saturday 17 June 2017

Government announces 149 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras

Date : 17.7.2017

Government announces 149 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras



No Indian will have to travel more than 50 km to get their passport, as the government is planning to set up a comprehensive network of Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) across the nation, with major post offices to also provide the service, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday.



Sushma Swaraj announcing the opening of 149 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs), said these will be set up in the second phase. (Photo: PTI)
No Indian will have to travel more than 50 km to get their passport, as the government is planning to set up a comprehensive network of Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) across the nation, with major post offices to also provide the service, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday. The Minister, announcing the opening of 149 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs), said these will be set up in the second phase. In the first phase 86 POPSKs were to be set up — 52 of which are now functional. Apart from centres in the post offices, the government had earlier also announced 16 full-fledged PSKs taking the total number of new centres to the “auspicious” 251, she said.
“When I started at the Ministry, we had only 77 PSKs to cater to the whole nation. I realised that distance was the biggest hurdle for people to get their passports,” she said. Even after pushing through 16 more PSKs apart from 86 of them in post offices, Sushma Swaraj said she felt it was not enough. “We planned to set a target and decided that no individual should have to travel more than 50 km for a passport.” “With that criterion for selection, today I announce 149 new POPSKs,” she said.


S.No..
State/UT
Place
Total
1
Andhra Pradesh
Anantpur, Chitoor, Guntur, Krishna, Ongole, Rajamundry, Srikakulam
7
2
Arunachal Pradesh
Changlang, Tirap
2
3
Assam
Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Karbi Anglong, Kokrajhar, Mangaldoi, North Lakhim Pur, Sonitpur, Tinsukia
9
4
Bihar
Begusarai, Buxar, East Champaran, Gaya, Madhubani, Samastipur, Supaul, Munger, Navada
9
5
Chattisgarh
Durg, Rajnandgaon
2
6
Gujarat
Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagarh, Kheda, Navsari, Valsad
8
7
Haryana
Bhiwani, Kaithal, Narnaul, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonipat, Yamunanagar
7
8
Himachal Pradesh
Kangra, Mandi, Una
3
9
J & K
Anantnag, Baramula, Kathua
3
10
Jharkhand
Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Medininagar
3
11
Karnataka
Bellary, Bidar, Raichur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Udipi, Vijayapur 
7
12
Kerala
Chengannur, Idukki
2
13
Madhya Pradesh
Balaghat, Chhindwara, Dewas, Hoshangabad, Sehore, Sidhi, Ujjain, Betul, Shivni
9
14
Maharashtra
Ahmednagar, Jalna, Latur, Pandharpur, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Wardha, Navi Mumbai, Dombivali, Panvel, Nanded
11
15
Meghalaya
Baghmara, Tura
2
16
Odisha
Balasore, Berhampur, Bhawanipatna
3
17
Punjab
Moga,Sangrur, Tarn Taran, SBS Nagar (Nawan Shahar), Phagwara 
5
18
Puducherry
Karaikal
1
19
Rajasthan
Ajmer, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Karauli-Dhaulpur, Nagaur, Sriganganagar, Alwar, Chittorgarh, Banswara, Pali
11
20
Tamil Nadu
Cuddalore, Dindigul, Namakkal, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Tiruppur, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar, Kanyakumari(N)
11
21
Telangana
Adilabad, Medak, Khammam, Siddipet, Nalgonda
5
22
Uttarakhand
Pauri, Roorkee, Rudrapur
3
23
Uttar Pradesh
Aligarh, Amethi, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Barabanki, Basti, Gonda, Jaunpur, Kushinagar, Mau, Sitapur, Muradabad, Pratapgarh, Rae Bareli, Rampur, Saharanpur, Unnao
19
24
West Bengal
Bardhman, Barrackpore, Darjeeling, Malda
4
25
Delhi
Krishna Nagar, Lodhi Road, Saket
3
Total
149


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