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
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 | |