Post Office Passport Seva Kendra

Indian government initiative

Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK)
Slogan	Service Excellence
Country	India
Prime Minister(s)	Narendra Modi
Ministry	Ministry of External Affairs (India) India Post
Key people	S Jaishankar S.M. Krishna(former Minister of External Affairs (India))
Launched	28 May 2010; 13 years ago (2010-05-28) as Passport Seva Project(PSP) New Delhi
Status	active
Website	passportindia.gov.in

Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (lit. 'Post Office Passport Service Center') abbreviated as POPSK is an Indian government initiative by the Ministry of External Affairs (India) (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DoP),^[1] where the Head Post Offices (HPO) and post offices is being utilized as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivery of passport related services to the citizens of India.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The purpose of this initiative is to develop passport related services on a bigger scale and to ensure wider area coverage.^[6] As of November 2019 a total of 424 POPSKs have been made operational in the country.^[7]

History

Passport Seva Project (PSP) was launched in May 2010 by Ministry of External Affairs under the then External affairs minister S M Krishna .^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

^ "Opening of the third batch of new Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK)". mea.gov.in. MEA. 22 February 2017.
^ "Passport Enquiry - Passport Status, Passport Tracking, Passport Login". Passport Enquiry. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ "Passport issuance getting delayed". The Times of India. 22 June 2017.
^ "Government Announces 149 New Post Office Passport Seva Kendras". NDTV. 17 June 2017.
^ "Govt to open 56 Post Office Passport Seva Kendra facilities". Hindustan Times. 9 February 2017.
^ "Opening of new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) in the Second Phase". Press Information Bureau. 17 June 2017.
^ "Consular| Passport and Visa Division | Passport Seva". portal2.passportindia.gov.in. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Passport Seva : About Us | Passport Seva". www.passportindia.gov.in. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ "TCS' passport seva project likely to be launched by next month". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ "Thirteen new Passport Seva Kendras in 2010". The Hindu. 6 September 2009. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ "Passport Seva Project launched in Bangalore". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 December 2022.