India to have 77 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK): Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State, External Affairs

According to a PIB release, informing the Lok Sabha recently, Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State, External Affairs stated that the Government of India (GoI) has embarked on Passport Seva Project (PSP) to comprehensively transform Passport Service Delivery under the network of existing Passport Offices. The criteria for identifying places to set up new passport office/passport service centres in the country is on the basis of number of passport applications received from the respective regions. Under the Project’s existing scope, 77 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) are going to be established across the country.  A list of the proposed PSKs is as follows: