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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3013
TO BE ANSWERED ON 11TH MARCH, 2026
POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS (POPSKS)
3013. SHRI RAJESH NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA:
DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:
SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:
SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:
SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG:
SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:
SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA:
DR. BHOLA SINGH:
SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:
SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:
SHRI GODAM NAGESH:
SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:
SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:
SHRI CHINTAMANI MAHARAJ:
SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:
SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the progress made so far under the plan to open Post Office Passport Seva
Kendras (POPSKs) through India Post in all Lok Sabha constituencies along with State and circle-
wise details of operational centres, particularly in Rajasthan including Pali Lok Sabha Constituency,
Jharkhand including Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts, Bhagalpur, Kankar Lok Sabha Constituency,
State of Telangana, Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency of Indore, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar
Pradesh including Bulandshahr district;
(b) the year-wise number of passport applications processed under the Passport Seva Programme
of the Ministry of External Affairs during the last three years and details of new services/facilities
including police verification facilitation, mobile POPSKs or tatkal processing support introduced
during this period;
(c) whether the Government has assessed the impact of establishing POPSKs on improving
access to passport services, particularly in remote and semi-urban areas such as Hazaribagh and
Ramgarh districts of Jharkhand and Kachchh Lok Sabha Constituency;
(d) if so, the details of findings, number of beneficiaries, reduction in average processing time
and increase in regional coverage;
(e) the steps taken to expand passport service in underserved districts;
(f) the manner in which such initiatives have improved accessibility, efficiency and citizen
convenience; and
1(g) whether any directive has been issued to the Patna Postal Circle for the establishment of a
Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) in the Bhagalpur Lok Sabha Constituency and if so, the
details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)
(a) As on date, 452 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) have been operationalized
across 23 Circles.
The list of number of operational POPSKs in each state /Circle is enclosed as Annexure
I. The details of POPSKs in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha, Madhya
Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are enclosed as Annexure II.
(b) Details of the number of Passport applications including Police Clearance Certificates in the
last three years are : 35,05,818 ( 2023) , 32,38,811 ( 2024) and 39,59,325 ( 2025 ) .
(c) Yes, Sir. With a clear focus on improving citizen convenience and expanding access to
essential passport services, the Department of Posts (DoP) has made sustained efforts to extend
facilities to remote and semi-urban regions including operationalizing POPSKs at Hazaribagh,
Koderma, and Chatra, which has substantially reduced travel time, minimized waiting periods, and
made the application process more accessible.
(d) Since operationalization, POPSK Hazaribagh has processed 53,440 applications (since
February 2018), POPSK Koderma has processed 19,166 applications (since February 2019), and
POPSK Chatra has processed 4,824 applications (since February 2019). These figures clearly
demonstrate that a substantial number of citizens have benefited from the availability of passport
services closer to their place of residence through these decentralized facilities.
(e) POPSKs are operational in 452 Post offices all over India thereby serving underserved
districts.
(f) This initiative ensures that even smaller towns, underserved districts have access to Post
Office passport Sewa Kendras . The citizens don't have to travel long distance for availing passport
services, and the facility saves their valuable time, money and energy.
(g) A POPSK at Bhagalpur in Bhagalpur Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar Circle is already
operational since March 2017.
2Annexure I
No. of POPSKs Circle Wise
No. of
Sl. No. Name of Circle POPSKs
1 Andhra Pradesh 21
2 Assam 15
3 Bihar 37
4 Chhattisgarh 9
5 Delhi 5
6 Gujarat 25
7 Haryana 11
Himachal
8 Pradesh 6
9 J&K 6
10 Jharkhand 15
11 Karnataka 23
12 Kerala 9
13 Madhya Pradesh 25
14 Maharashtra 42
15 North East 5
16 Odisha 20
17 Punjab 9
18 Rajasthan 24
19 Tamil Nadu 32
20 Telangana 14
21 Uttar Pradesh 52
22 Uttarakhand 6
23 West Bengal 41
TOTAL 452
3Annexure II
POPSKs of 8 Circles (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, MP, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana & UP)
Sl.
No. Name of Circle Parliamentary Constituency Name of POPSK
1 Bihar Araria Forbesganj
2 Bihar Arrah Arrah
3 Bihar Aurangabad(BR) Aurangabad (Bihar)
4 Bihar Banka Banka
5 Bihar Begusarai Begusarai
6 Bihar Bhagalpur Bhagalpur
7 Bihar Buxar Buxar
8 Bihar Dalsingsarai Dalsingsarai
9 Bihar Gaya Gaya
10 Bihar Gopalganj Gopalganj
11 Bihar Hajipur Hajipur
12 Bihar Jamui Jamui
13 Bihar Jehanabad Jehanabad
14 Bihar Jhanjharpur Rajnagar
15 Bihar Karakat Dalmianagar
16 Bihar Katihar Katihar
17 Bihar Khagaria Khagaria
18 Bihar Kishanganj Kishanganj
19 Bihar Madhubani Madhubani
20 Bihar Maharajganj (BR) Ekma (Maharajganj)
21 Bihar Munger Munger
22 Bihar Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur
23 Bihar Nalanda Biharsarif (Nalanda)
24 Bihar Nawada Nawada
25 Bihar Paschim Champaran Bettiah
26 Bihar Purnia Purnea
27 Bihar Purvi Champaran Motihari
28 Bihar Saharsa Saharsa
29 Bihar Samastipur Samastipur
30 Bihar Saran Chhapra
31 Bihar Sasaram Sasaram
32 Bihar Sheohar Sheohar
33 Bihar Sitamarhi Sitamarhi
34 Bihar Siwan Siwan
35 Bihar Supaul Supaul
36 Bihar Ujiarpur Manner
37 Bihar Vaishali Bakhra
38 Chhattisgarh Bastar Baster
39 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur R K Nagar Bilaspur
40 Chhattisgarh Durg Durg
41 Chhattisgarh Janjgir-Champa Janjgir-Champa
442 Chhattisgarh Kanker Kanker
43 Chhattisgarh Korba Korba
44 Chhattisgarh Raigarh Raigarh
45 Chhattisgarh Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon
46 Chhattisgarh Surguja Ambikapur (Surguja)
47 Jharkhand Chatra shimaria
48 Jharkhand Dhanbad Sector-IX (Bokaro)
49 Jharkhand Dhanbad Dhanbad
50 Jharkhand Dumka Dumka
51 Jharkhand Giridih Girdihi
52 Jharkhand Godda B. Deoghar
53 Jharkhand Godda Godda
54 Jharkhand Hazaribagh Hazaribagh
55 Jharkhand Jamshedpur Jamshedpur
56 Jharkhand Khunti Khunti
57 Jharkhand Koderma Jumri Tilaiya
58 Jharkhand Lohardaga Gumla
59 Jharkhand Palamu Medininagar Daltonganj
60 Jharkhand Rajmahal Sahebganj
61 Jharkhand Singhbhum Chilbasha
62 Madhya Pradesh Balaghat Balaghat
63 Madhya Pradesh Betul Betul
64 Madhya Pradesh Bhind Bhind
65 Madhya Pradesh Chhindwara Chhindwara
66 Madhya Pradesh Damoh Damoh
67 Madhya Pradesh Dewas Dewas
68 Madhya Pradesh Dhar Dhar
69 Madhya Pradesh Guna Guna
70 Madhya Pradesh Gwalior Lashkar (Gwalior)
71 Madhya Pradesh Hoshangabad Hoshangabad
72 Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur Jabalpur
73 Madhya Pradesh Khajuraho Chhatar pur
74 Madhya Pradesh Khandwa Khandwa
75 Madhya Pradesh Khargone Khargone
76 Madhya Pradesh Mandla Mandla
77 Madhya Pradesh Mandsaur Mandsaur
78 Madhya Pradesh Ratlam Ratlam
79 Madhya Pradesh Rewa Rewa
80 Madhya Pradesh Sagar Sagar
81 Madhya Pradesh Satna Satna
82 Madhya Pradesh Seoni Seoni
83 Madhya Pradesh Shahdol Shahdol
84 Madhya Pradesh Tikamgarh Tikamgarh
85 Madhya Pradesh Ujjain Ujjain
86 Madhya Pradesh Vidisha Vidishamandi
587 Odisha Aska Aska
88 Odisha Balasore Balasore
89 Odisha Bargarh Bargarh
90 Odisha Berhampur Berhampur
91 Odisha Bhadrak Bhadrak
92 Odisha Bolangir Bolangir
93 Odisha Cuttack Cuttack
94 Odisha Dhenkanal Dhenkanal
95 Odisha Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghpur
96 Odisha Jajpur Jajpur
97 Odisha Kalahandi Bhawanipatna
98 Odisha Kandhamal Phulbhani (Kandhmal)
99 Odisha Kendrapara Kendrapara
100 Odisha Keonjhar Keonjhargarh
101 Odisha Koraput Koraput
102 Odisha Mayurbhanj Baripada
103 Odisha Nabarangpur Nabrangpur
104 Odisha Puri Puri
105 Odisha Sambalpur Sambalpur
106 Odisha Sundargarh Rourkela
107 Rajasthan Ajmer Ajmer
108 Rajasthan Alwar Alwar
109 Rajasthan Banswara Banswara
110 Rajasthan Banswara Pratapgarh
111 Rajasthan Barmer Barmer
112 Rajasthan Barmer Jaisalmer
113 Rajasthan Bharatpur Bharatpur
114 Rajasthan Bhilwara Bhilwara City
115 Rajasthan Bikaner Bikaner
116 Rajasthan Chittorgarh Chittorgarh
117 Rajasthan Churu Churu
118 Rajasthan Dausa Dausa
119 Rajasthan Ganganagar Hanumangarh
120 Rajasthan Ganganagar Sriganganagar
121 Rajasthan Jaipur Kotputli
122 Rajasthan Jalore Sirohi
123 Rajasthan Jhalawar-Baran Jhalawar
124 Rajasthan Jhunjhunu Jhunjhunu
125 Rajasthan Karauli-Dholpur Dholpur
126 Rajasthan Kota Kota
127 Rajasthan Nagaur Nagaur City
128 Rajasthan Pali Pali
129 Rajasthan Rajsamand Kankroli
130 Rajasthan Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Tonk-Sawai Madhopur
131 Telangana Adilabad Adilabad
6132 Telangana Bhongir (part of Nalgonda constituency) Bhongir
133 Telangana Chevella Vikarabad
134 Telangana Khammam Khammam
135 Telangana Mahabubabad Mahabubabad
136 Telangana Mahabubnagar Mehbubnagar
137 Telangana Malkajgiri Medchal
138 Telangana Medak Medak
139 Telangana Medak Siddipet
140 Telangana Nagarkurnool (part of Mahabubnagar constituency) Nagarkurnool (Wanaparthy)
141 Telangana Nalgonda Nalgonda
142 Telangana Peddapalli Peddapalle (Mancherial)
143 Telangana Warangal Hanamkonda (warangal)
144 Telangana Zahirabad Kamareddy
145 Uttar Pradesh Agra Agra Fort
146 Uttar Pradesh Aligarh Aligarh
147 Uttar Pradesh Ambedkar Nagar Ambedkarnagar
148 Uttar Pradesh Amethi Amethi
149 Uttar Pradesh Amroha Amroha
150 Uttar Pradesh Azamgarh Azamgarh
151 Uttar Pradesh Badaun Badaun
152 Uttar Pradesh Baghpat Baghpat
153 Uttar Pradesh Bahraich Bahraich
154 Uttar Pradesh Ballia Ballia
155 Uttar Pradesh Banda Banda
156 Uttar Pradesh Bhadohi Bhadohi
157 Uttar Pradesh Bijnore Bijnore
158 Uttar Pradesh Bulandshahar Bulandshahar
159 Uttar Pradesh Deoria Deoria
160 Uttar Pradesh Domariyaganj Tetri Bazar (Siddhart Nagar)
161 Uttar Pradesh Etawah Etawah
162 Uttar Pradesh Faizabad Faizabad (Ayodhaya)
163 Uttar Pradesh Farrukhabad Farrukhabad
164 Uttar Pradesh Fatehpur Fatehpur (Acchnera)
165 Uttar Pradesh Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri
166 Uttar Pradesh Gautam Buddha Nagar Noida
167 Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur Ghazipur
168 Uttar Pradesh Gonda Gonda
169 Uttar Pradesh Hamirpur(UP) Hamirpur
170 Uttar Pradesh Hardoi Hardoi
171 Uttar Pradesh Hathras Hathras
172 Uttar Pradesh Jalaun Jalaun
173 Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur Jaunpur
174 Uttar Pradesh Jhansi Jhansi
175 Uttar Pradesh Kheri Kheri
176 Uttar Pradesh Kushinagar Kushinagar
7177 Uttar Pradesh Maharajganj (UP) Maharajganj
178 Uttar Pradesh Mathura Vrindavan
179 Uttar Pradesh Ghosi Mau
180 Uttar Pradesh Meerut Meerut Cantt
181 Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur Chunar
182 Uttar Pradesh Misrikh Mishrikh
183 Uttar Pradesh Moradabad Moradabad
184 Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar City
185 Uttar Pradesh Nagina Nagina
186 Uttar Pradesh Pilibhit Pilibhit
187 Uttar Pradesh Pratapgarh Pratapgarh
188 Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj Allahabad
189 Uttar Pradesh Rae Bareli Rae Bareli
190 Uttar Pradesh Rampur Rampur
191 Uttar Pradesh Saharanpur Saharanpur
192 Uttar Pradesh Shahjahanpur Sahajhanpur
193 Uttar Pradesh Shrawasti Balrampur
194 Uttar Pradesh Sitapur Sitapur
195 Uttar Pradesh Sultanpur Sultanpur
196 Uttar Pradesh Unnao Unnao
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