Indian Military Veterans
(Release ID :123542)
The minister of external affairs Shrimati Sushma Swaraj in a Lok Sabha statement laid on the table of the House, on passport melas informed the house that the Government is aware of the difficulties faced by applicants at a few locations for not getting appointments promptly due to heavy demand for passport services which have increased by 30% in the last 2 years. It had also been observed that many of the applicants were not turning up at the Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) despite scheduling valid appointments. This was not only resulting in lesser utilization of processing capacity of the PSKs, but was also causing denial of appointments to other genuine applicants. To meet heavy demand for passport services, the Government has been organizing Passport Melas at weekends at PSKs as per need. ‘Walk-in’ facility has also been allowed for certain categories of services and citizens such as Tatkaal passports, Police Clearance Certificates and issue of new booklets where pages have been exhausted, Senior citizens (above 60 years) and differently-abled persons. In order to provide closer and speedier passport services to people located far away from PSKs, Passport Seva Camps are also being organized at various locations in the country. To minimise ‘no-shows’, the Government has introduced online advance payment of passport fees since 5th July, 2013.
These measures have resulted in substantial improvement in availability of appointments. As on 15thJuly, 2015, out of 82 PSKs, appointments were available in 59 PSKs within 7 calendar days, in 11 PSKs within 8 to 14 days, in 5 PSKs within 15 to 21 days and in 7 PSKs from 22 to 30 days. Comparatively, as on 1st September, 2014, out of 77 PSKs operational at that time, appointments were available in 29 PSKs within 7 days, in 11 PSKs within 8 to 14 days, in 11 PSKs within 15 to 21 days, in 10 PSKs between 22 to 30 days and in 16 PSKs beyond 30 days.
From 1st January to 30th June, 2015, 252 Passport Melas have been organized on weekends by various Passport Offices where 1,73,779 passport applications have been processed. The Passport Melas would continue to be held by the concerned Passport Offices on need basis. Annexure as follows:
Passport Office
|
Number of Melas
|
Applications Received
|
Passports Issued
|
Ahmedabad
|
26
|
15,654
|
11,928
|
Amritsar
|
8
|
4,582
|
4,411
|
Bangalore
|
19
|
18,672
|
17,305
|
Bareilly
|
4
|
2,472
|
2,327
|
Bhopal
|
2
|
1,459
|
791
|
Chandigarh
|
8
|
5,900
|
5,366
|
Chennai
|
1
|
734
|
715
|
Cochin
|
4
|
2,336
|
1,742
|
Coimbatore
|
2
|
967
|
908
|
Dehradun
|
3
|
930
|
886
|
Delhi
|
20
|
10,838
|
8,578
|
Ghaziabad
|
4
|
3,020
|
2,148
|
Goa
|
1
|
113
|
106
|
Hyderabad
|
18
|
9,332
|
8,460
|
Jaipur
|
9
|
2,536
|
2,356
|
Jalandhar
|
6
|
2,190
|
2,154
|
Jammu
|
3
|
571
|
372
|
Kolkata
|
14
|
18,314
|
10,474
|
Lucknow
|
26
|
19,680
|
15,826
|
Madurai
|
3
|
1,929
|
1,825
|
Malappuram
|
5
|
5,895
|
5,521
|
Mumbai
|
12
|
7,055
|
6,553
|
Nagpur
|
4
|
2,578
|
2,305
|
Patna
|
1
|
454
|
369
|
Pune
|
11
|
11,517
|
8,506
|
Raipur
|
2
|
478
|
366
|
Ranchi
|
2
|
512
|
266
|
Srinagar
|
4
|
1,179
|
700
|
Surat
|
10
|
7,549
|
7,009
|
Thane
|
15
|
12,517
|
8,669
|
Trivandrum
|
5
|
1,816
|
1,772
|
Total
|
252
|
1,73,779
|
1,40,714
|
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YSK/Uma
(Release ID :123542)
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