5 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) to comeup in Telangana
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 10:52 AM
Hyderabad Jan 30: The Ministry of external affairs had made a number of changes in passport rules which have made getting a passport process easier. The Hyderabad Regional passport office hopes that with the changes in rules many people in Telangana State would apply and get passports.
Dr. E Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Hyderabad's Regional Passport Officer had said that " 5 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) in Telangana would be inaugurated by end of April or March. They would be established at Khammam, Nalgonda, Medak, Siddipet, and Adilabad."
He added that " for the past three years, RPO-Hyderabad stood first in rendering passport services such as quick passport delivery, police verification. The official said that in 2017, 1.17 crore passport applications were received throughout India and 1.15 lakh passport services were rendered."
RPO has added that "In 2017, Hyderabad RPO processed 5,89,000 applications. In the same year, the national average for police verification was 23-days while it was just five-days at RPO-Hyderabad. There are a total of 37 passport offices in India."