MEA met increased demand for passport services with monthly average of 9 lakh: Jaishankar

Highlights Passport services were rendered with the same vigour and enthusiasm: Jaishankar MEA swiftly dealt with an impressive monthly average of 9 lakh, with 4.50 lakh additional applicatio Passport Seva System has been integrated with DigiLocker system to give paperless documentation The External Affairs Ministry rose to the occasion to meet the increased demand for passport services built up due to two and half years of the Covid pandemic, and recorded an impressive monthly average of 9 lakh, Union minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. In his message on the occasion of Passport Seva Divas, the external affairs minister said passport services were rendered with the same vigour and enthusiasm even during the testing times of the Covid pandemic. The ministry rose to the occasion to meet the increased demand for passport services built up due to two and half years of the pandemic, and dealt it swiftly with an impressive monthly average of 9 lakh, with 4.50 lakh additional applications granted in the last one month, thus setting a record, Jaishankar said. Recognising the need to continually improve the quality of passport services, the Passport Seva Programme will be embarking on PSP V2.0, an improved and up-graded version of P SP V1.0, which would ensure a digital ecosystem among all stakeholders and offer enhanced passport services to citizens, he said.