February 02, 2017
Kalaivaraikalai
Disclosing this during
the inauguration of a post office PSK here on Wednesday, MEA Secretary
D.M. Mulay said the MEA was planning to collaborate with the Department
of Posts by opening PSKs at district level across the country to meet
the growing demand for passports. The demand for passports in India,
which is around 2 crore a year, was the third highest in the world after
China and the U.S. A total of 60,000 passports are issued every day in
the country, he added.
While there are a total
of 89 PSKs in the country, the first two post office PSKs were opened at
the Metagalli Post office in Mysuru and the Head Post office at Dahod
in Gujarat in pilot mode on Wednesday.
Usha Chandrashekar,
member, Postal Services Board, who was also present at the inauguration,
said the postal officials will be processing the applications for
verification of documents and obtaining the photographs and biometrics
of the applicants at the post office PSKs.
The Department of Posts,
which was earlier only handling posts, has also been handling a variety
of other services, including delivering e-commerce parcels, insurance,
social security products, and agricultural seeds. Now, it will be
handling delivery of passport-related services in an IT-enabled manner,
she added.
Union Minister Ananth
Kumar, who inaugurated the post office PSK in Mysuru, hoped that all the
districts of the country will have a PSK in one year’s time and
appreciated Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj’s initiative in
the regard.
Pratap Simha, MP,
recalled that the demand for a PSK for Mysuru was the first issue on
which he had spoken in the Parliament after his election. He revealed
that the decision to start a post office PSK in Mysuru from Wednesday
was taken only last Friday and appreciated the officials of the Regional
Passport Office, Bengaluru, led by RPO P.S. Karthigeyan for making the
necessary arrangements in quick time.
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