The Centre has reportedly turned down the State Government’s request for setting up of two more Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in the State.
Data obtained through an RTI application by one Hemant Panda of Tikarpara in Balangir revealed that the two Passport Seva Kendras proposed at Sambalpur and Brahmapur was rejected by the Centre.
The National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), an agency formed by the Ministry of External Affairs, for studying the existing system of Passport issuance in India and the global best practices and for making suitable recommendations on establishing a redesigned system that can fulfill the above objective, has turned down the proposal of the State Government.
last year, Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik had written to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj requesting her to set up
two more Passport Seva Kendras to cater to the needs of the people living in western and southern regions of the State.
