Operationalization of the 50th Post Office Passport Seva Kendra
May 19, 2017
- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DOP) have decided to utilize the Head Post Offices (HPO) in the country as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivery of passport related services to the citizens of the country.
The objective of this partnership is to extend passport related services on a larger scale and to ensure wider area coverage.
- The 50th POPSK in the country was operationalized on 13 May, 2017 with the inauguration of a POPSK at Bettiah in Bihar. The following is the list of POPSK that have been operationalized in the country since the inauguration of the pilot project on 25 January,
2017 at Dahod and Mysuru:
|
S.No.
|
Location
|
State/UT
|
Passport Office
|
|
1
|
Asansol
|
West Bengal
|
Kolkata
|
|
2
|
Aurangabad
|
Maharashtra
|
Mumbai
|
|
3
|
Bettiah
|
Bihar
|
Patna
|
|
4
|
Bhagalpur
|
Bihar
|
Patna
|
|
5
|
Bhuj
|
Gujarat
|
Ahmedabad
|
|
6
|
Bikaner
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
|
7
|
Dahod
|
Gujarat
|
Ahmedabad
|
|
8
|
Daman
|
Daman
|
Mumbai
|
|
9
|
Deoghar
|
Jharkhand
|
Ranchi
|
|
10
|
Faridabad
|
Haryana
|
Delhi
|
|
11
|
Ghazipur
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Lucknow
|
|
12
|
Gwalior
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal
|
|
13
|
Hamirpur
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Shimla
|
|
14
|
Hisar
|
Haryana
|
Chandigarh
|
|
15
|
Jabalpur
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal
|
|
16
|
Jaisalmer
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
|
17
|
Jamshedpur
|
Jharkhand
|
Ranchi
|
|
18
|
Jhalawar
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
|
19
|
Jhansi
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Lucknow
|
|
20
|
Jhunjhunu
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
|
21
|
Kadappa
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Vishakhapatnam
|
|
22
|
Karnal
|
Haryana
|
Chandigarh
|
|
23
|
Kasargod
|
Kerala
|
Kozhikode
|
|
24
|
Kavaratti
|
Lakshadweep
|
Cochin
|
|
25
|
Kolhapur
|
Maharastra
|
Pune
|
|
26
|
Koraput
|
Odisha
|
Bhubaneswar
|
|
27
|
Kota
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
|
28
|
Kurnool
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Vishakhapatnam
|
|
29
|
Mehbubnagar
|
Telangana
|
Hyderabad
|
|
30
|
Muzaffarpur
|
Bihar
|
Patna
|
|
31
|
Mysuru
|
Karnataka
|
Bangalore
|
|
32
|
Palampur
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Shimla
|
|
33
|
Palanpur
|
Gujarat
|
Ahmedabad
|
|
34
|
Pathanamthitta
|
Kerala
|
Trivandrum
|
|
35
|
Pilibhit
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Bareilly
|
|
36
|
Pimpri Chinchwad
|
Maharastra
|
Pune
|
|
37
|
Purnea
|
Bihar
|
Patna
|
|
38
|
Raiganj
|
West Bengal
|
Kolkata
|
|
39
|
Rourkela
|
Odisha
|
Bhubaneswar
|
|
40
|
Salem
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Coimbatore
|
|
41
|
Sambalpur
|
Odisha
|
Bhubaneswar
|
|
42
|
Satna
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal
|
|
43
|
Silchar
|
Assam
|
Guwahati
|
|
44
|
Silvasa
|
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
|
Mumbai
|
|
45
|
Siwan
|
Bihar
|
Patna
|
|
46
|
Surguja
|
Chattisgarh
|
Raipur
|
|
47
|
Udhampur
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
Jammu
|
|
48
|
Vellore
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Chennai
|
|
49
|
Vidisha
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal
|
|
50
|
Warangal
|
Telangana
|
Hyderabad
|
- MEA and DOP are working closely for the operationalization of passport related services at the remaining 37 POPSK in the first phase.
New Delhi
May 18,2017
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