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The efforts are part of the Ministry of External Affairs' upgraded Passport Seva Program 2.0, which is being implemented through service partner TCS

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Passport services in the country have improved by "500 per cent" ever since the Modi government came to power in 2014, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Friday. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been continuously working to speed up issuance of passports, the minister said in Lok Sabha during Question Hour. He also said that as many as 32 million Indians or Indian origin people live abroad and the Ministry of External Affairs has been rendering services to all of them. "Passport services have improved very much in the last eight years, I would say 500 per cent. The number of offices which process passport applications was 110 before 2014 and the number now stands at above 550," Muraleedharan said. He said the MEA is working continuously to speed up passport issuance and meet high or seasonal demand for passports by taking various steps including organising special drives or melas on weekends. Since June, a total of 234 passport melas hav

To change the photo in the passport, you have to apply for a re-issue of the passport

In the next phase of program, TCS will refresh existing facilities and systems, and develop new solutions to enable issuance of e-passports using technologies such as biometrics, data analytics, etc

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan launched a new scheme by which an applicant can leverage the DigiLocker platform while applying for passport-related services

The Indian Embassy has decided to remove all restrictions on passport renewal applications to be submitted at BLS International Centres with effect from July 15

In collaboration with the Department of Posts, we embarked on really a very transformational initiative, which has allowed us in the last three years to open 424 POPSKs, he said

The initiative is expected to benefit those requiring emergency issuance of passports

As per provisions of an agreement between India and Pakistan, Indian pilgrims wanting to visit the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara require passport to travel to the neighbouring country using the corridor.

The Ministry is in the process of linking and integrating all the Missions and Posts abroad with the PSP

Aim is to open 150 post office passport seva kendras within 2 years

Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras will be made functional in various places