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An Indian passport is a passport issued by the Government of India to citizens of the Republic of India for travelling abroad. It enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as proof of Indian citizenship as per the Passports Act (1967). [1] Front cover of the Indian Passport.
Indian passports are issued at 97 passport offices located across India and at 197 Indian diplomatic missions abroad. [ 2 ] As of 31 December 2023, 6.5 percent (9,26,24,661) of Indian citizens possessed a valid passport, with Kerala having the highest number of passport holders of all Indian states.
Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (lit. ' Post Office Passport Service Center ') abbreviated as POPSK is an Indian government initiative by the Ministry of External Affairs (India) (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DoP), [1] where the Head Post Offices (HPO) and post offices is being utilized as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivery of passport related services to the citizens ...
As of December 2024, India has 203 missions operating in various countries around the word, not counting missions to multilateral organizations such as the United Nations. This includes 51 missions in Africa, 10 in North America, 11 in Latin America, 6 in the Caribbean, 16 in South Asia, 22 in West Asia, 5 in Central Asia, 10 in East Asia, 15 ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions in India. There are 158 embassies/high commissions in New Delhi, and many countries maintain consulates in other Indian cities. [ 1 ] Most of these diplomatic missions in Delhi are located in Chanakyapuri diplomatic enclave.
Placards such as this one were placed above street signs at the district's official naming ceremony on January 16, 2010. The Mahatma Gandhi District (popularly known as Harwin or occasionally Little India) is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian ...
An Indian Identity Certificate, simply known as Identity Certificate (IC), is a travel document issued by the Passport Seva (Passport Service), Consular, Passport & Visa (CPV) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India to non-citizens of the Republic of India for foreign travel.
The Act replaced the Indian Passport Ordinance 1967 and was enacted by Act 15 of 1967 with retrospective effect from 5 May 1967. The act describes the procedures in getting an Indian passport, which replaced the British Indian passport and The Passport Act of 1920.