Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the Department of Posts and the Ministry of External Affairs have signed an agreement to set up 600 additional passport seva kendras in post offices.
The Union Minister said at the ‘India Economic Enclave-2024’ that India Post has around 6,40,000 sales points across the country and no one in the world can match its scale.
He said, “In the next three-four years, we will become a people-centric service. We have signed an agreement with the Ministry of External Affairs today, under which we will set up a network of 600 more passport service centres. It is expected that one crore citizens will be served every year through our network.”
Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK), started in the year 2017, has provided passport related services to more than 1.52 crore citizens.
Over the years, the network of POPSK has expanded significantly and it operates 442 centres across the country.
According to an official note, 600 additional POPSKs will be set up across the country by 2028-29.
“We will also expand postal, life insurance and RPLI (rural postal life insurance). And of course, the mainstay will be parcels,” Scindia said. He said that the Postal Department is transforming itself into a logistics company.
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