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English Release 19-June 2013
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- Presidents Secretariat
- President of India to visit Tripura from June 20 to 21
- Min of Comm. & Information Technology
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Extension of time for receiving comments on draft amendments to the Interconnection Regulations applicable for Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems (DAS) and Tariff Order applicable for all addressable systems
- Min of Health and Family Welfare
- Smt. Santosh Chowdhary takes over as Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
- Min of Human Resource Development
- HRD Ministry to Strengthen Monitoring System of Mid Day Meal Scheme
- Ministry of Railways
- Commodity-Wise Freight Revenue by Railways Goes up by 8.66 Per Cent During April-May 2013
- Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over as Minister of Railways
- Min of Textiles
- K S Rao Takes Charge as New Textiles Minister
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Ministry of External Affairs17-December, 2009 15:06 IST
| Opening of Pilot Passport Seva Kendras |
Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha
The Government has undertaken
implementation of Passport Seva Project under the
National e-Governance Plan. The Project
envisages setting up of 77 Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) across the
country. The Project will be launched at
the following seven Pilot locations: (i) Ambala, (ii) Chandigarh, (iii) Ludhiana, (iv) Bangalore – 1, (v) Bangalore – 2, (vi) Hubli-Dharwad and (vii) Mangalore. Following an assessment
of the Pilot, the 70 remaining Passport Seva Kendras will be established. A complete list of the proposed 77 PSKs is Eat annexure-I.
PASSPORT SEVA
KENDRA (PSK)
Distribution of
proposed PSKs
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Passport Office
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PSKs at existing
Passport Office locations
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Proposed PSKs at new locations
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Total No. of PSKs
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PSKs to be Newly
Setup
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Delhi
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Delhi 1, Delhi 2
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Gurgaon
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3
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Mumbai
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Mumbai 1, Mumbai 2, Mumbai 3
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None
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3
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Hyderabad
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Hyd 1, Hyd
2, Hyd 3
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Vijayawada, Nizambad, Tirupathi
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6
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Chennai
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Chennai 1, Chennai 2, Chennai 3
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None
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3
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Bangalore
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B’lore 1, B’lore 2
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Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore
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4
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Ahmedabad
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Ahmedabad 1, Ahmedabad 2
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Baroda, Rajkot
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4
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Cochin
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Cochin
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Thrissur, Alappuzha, Ernakulam (Rural), Kottayam
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5
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Jalandhar
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Jalandhar 1, Jalandhar 2
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Hoshiarpur
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3
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Trivandrum
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Trivandrum
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Kollam, Trivandrum (Rural)
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3
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Chandigarh
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Chandigarh
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Ludhiana, Ambala
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3
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Trichy
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Trichy 1, Trichy 2
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Thanajavur
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3
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Kolkata
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Kolkata
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Bahrampur
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2
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Lucknow
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Lucknow
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Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur
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4
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Jaipur
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Jaipur
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Jodhpur, Sikar
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3
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Kozhikode
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Kozhikode 1, Kozhikode 2
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Kannur 1, Kannur 2
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4
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Thane
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Thane
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Nasik
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2
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Pune
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Pune
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None
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1
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Patna
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Patna
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None
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1
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Visakhapatnam
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Visakhapatnam
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None
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1
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Surat
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Surat
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None
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1
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Bhopal
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Bhopal
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None
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1
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Ghaziabad
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Ghaziabad
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None
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1
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Bareilly
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Bareilly
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None
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1
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Malappuram
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Malappuram
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None
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1
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Nagpur
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Nagpur
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None
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1
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Amritsar
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Amritsar
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None
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1
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Coimbatore
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Coimbatore
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None
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1
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Madurai
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Madurai
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Tirunelveli City
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2
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Total
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68
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PSKs co-located with
Passport Offices
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Bhubaneswar
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Bhubaneswar
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None
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1
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Ranchi
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Ranchi
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None
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1
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Guwahati
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Guwahati
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None
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1
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Panaji
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Panaji
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None
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1
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Jammu
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Jammu
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None
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1
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Srinagar
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Srinagar
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None
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1
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Shimla
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Shimla
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None
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1
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Raipur
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Raipur
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None
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1
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Dehradun
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Dehradun
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None
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1
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Total
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9
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Total offices
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77
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This information was given by Dr.Shashi
Tharoor, Minister of State, External Affairs in reply to a question by Shri A. Elavarasan in Rajya Sabha Today.
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TFK/KS
(Release ID :56163)
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