Six more Passport Seva Kendras to be set up in Gujarat

New Delhi, August 31: As many as six more Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) will be set up in Gujarat soon. This was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday.

 

Union Minister M J Akbar while addressing the conference said that Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) will be set up in Gujarat’s Amreli, Gandhinagar, Surendranagar, Sabarkantha, Surat and Patan districts. He said, "We have accepted the Gujarat government's demand to open six new passport centres."

Akbar further added that under the guidance of PM Modi, MEA was trying to build a bridge between Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and citizens living here in order to involve NRIs in the process of nation-building.

While Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Pradeepsinh Jadeja, who also handles the NRI portfolio, said the number of PSKs in the state would reach 25 once these six are opened. During the meeting, Minister Jadeja also informed Akbar that as many as 21,000 Non-Resident Gujaratis (NRGs) had been issued NRG cards by the state government.

Importantly, before 2014, Gujarat had only five such centers. After Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, Gujarat received another 14 centers. Now, with approval for six more centers, the number will reach 25.