Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK)

🔍 Key Highlights from the PIB Release (ID: 2239108)

• 🏢 452 POPSKs operational across 23 Postal Circles
• 🌍 Over 1 crore applications processed in 3 years (2023–2025)
• 📉 Significant reduction in travel distance, time, and costs
• 🧭 Enhanced last-mile connectivity for citizens
• 👥 Services made more inclusive, affordable, and citizen-centric

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Ministry of Communications

Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK)

POPSKs Enhance Last-Mile Connectivity, Make Passport Services More Inclusive, Affordable, and Citizen-Centric across the country

452 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras operationalized across 23 Circles

Significant Access to Passport Services by Reducing Travel Distance, Time and Associated costs

Posted On: 12 MAR 2026 6:51PM by PIB Delhi

Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today said that as on date, 452 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) have been operationalized across 23 Circles. Details are placed at Annexure.

Details of the number of passport applications, including police clearance certificates in the last 3 years are - 35,05,818 (2023), 32,38,811 (2024) and 39,59,325 (2025).

The Ministry has undertaken periodic assessments to evaluate the impact of POPSK expansion on passport accessibility. Significant access to passport services for citizens by reducing travel distance, time and associated costs are observed. POPSKs have also enhanced last-mile connectivity and made passport services more inclusive, affordable, and citizen-centric across the country.

Annexure

No. of POPSKs Circle Wise
Sl. No.	Name of Circle	No. of POPSKs
1	Andhra Pradesh	21
2	Assam	15
3	Bihar	37
4	Chhattisgarh	9
5	Delhi	5
6	Gujarat	25
7	Haryana	11
8	Himachal Pradesh	6
9	J&K	6
10	Jharkhand	15
11	Karnataka	23
12	Kerala	9
13	Madhya Pradesh	25
14	Maharashtra	42
15	North East	5
16	Odisha	20
17	Punjab	9
18	Rajasthan	24
19	Tamil Nadu	32
20	Telangana	14
21	Uttar Pradesh	52
22	Uttarakhand	6
23	West Bengal	41
	TOTAL	452

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