Ahmedabad, 30 December 2011

External affairs ministry of government of India today opened five new passport seva kendras for simple, easy, convenient, timely and safe procedures related to passport application and further services.

Ahmedabad PSK 1

Arya Arcade, ground and first floor, near Crossword, Mithakhali six roads, Navrangpura, Amdavad 380009

Ahmedabad PSK 2

Shital Varsha 3, ground floor, opposite Maruti show room, Vijay cross roads, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009

Rajkot PSK

Shivalik 5, ground floor – 1, near Reliance petrol pump, Gondal road, Rajkot – 360002

Vadodara PSK

Aditya Complex, ground floor, behind Arpan complex, opposite New Era school, Dilux cross road, Nizampura, Vadodara – 390002

Surat PSK

Union trade centre, first floor, near Apple hospital, Udhna darwaja, Surat – 395007

Said Passport Seva kendras will function under the jurisdiction of Ahmedabad regional passport office and Surat passport office

Toll free number (functional between 8 am to 10 pm) announced is 18002581800 for related inquiries. Portal address announced is www.passportindia.gov.in

The PSP is one of the 27 Mission Mode Projects under the e-Governance programme of the Govt of India. The Project aims at delivering all passport related services to the citizens in a timely, transparent, more accessible, comfortable and reliable manner. The verification of the applicants’ personal particulars will be expedited through electronic linkage of the Project’s portal with the police authorities in the Districts and State capitals, to reduce the delay in verification process. The benefits to the citizens would be service provisioning within defined service levels, closer and larger number of access points for services, availability of a portfolio of on-line services with real-time status tracking and inquiry, 24 x 7 call centre with facility to obtain information in vernacular language, an effective system of grievance redressal, adherence to the ‘First in-First out’ principle in rendering the services and facility of child care and refreshments at the PSKs.