Passport-related service at post offices to start from next month

The first phase of the implementation of the scheme to deliver passport-related services through post offices will start before March 31, External Affairs Minister said on Thursday.

In a series of tweets, she said, Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras will be made functional in various places like Kota, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jhunjhunun and Jhalawar in Rajasthan.

"It is our effort that Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras announced in the first phase should start functioning before 31.3.2017.

"In Rajasthan we will have Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras in Kota, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jhunjhunun and Jhalawar," she tweeted.

The minister also tweeted that the list of newly opened Passport Sewa Kendras is on MEA website.

She said Passport Sewa Kendra for Udaipur announced earlier will be inaugurated in the first week of March.

"We are opening Passport Sewa Kendras in Rourkela, Sambalpur and Koraput in this phase itself." "Aurangabad aur Beed dono jilon mein Passport Sewa Kendra abhi khole ja rahe hain (PSKs are being opened in Aurangabad aur Beed districts as well)," she tweeted.

When asked on Agra, she said, "I cannot answer about Agra because of Code of Conduct during elections."