External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday awarded Haryana with 'Certificate of Recognition' as the state has been adjudged as one of the three best state police based on the passport applications verification data for the year 2017-2018.
The award was given on the occasion of celebrating 'Passport Sewa Diwas' and 'Passport Officers' Conference 2018 at New Delhi.
On behalf of Haryana Police the award was received by Haryana Inspector General of Police, Security, CID, Hanif Qureshi during the celebration by Union Ministry of External Affairs to mark the enactment of Passports Act, 1967. A Regional Passport Officers Conference was also organized on this occasion.
Director General of Police, BS Sandhu on Tuesday informed that the performance of Haryana Police in disposal of verification of passport applications is nearly 99 per cent.
The prescribed limit of Union Ministry of External Affairs Government of India, for police verification has been fixed at 21 days. In Haryana, it has been brought down to the average police verification time to nine days. The state is further striving to bring it to less than nine days, he said.
In Haryana, a new mPassport Police App has been started in district Karnal and Gurugram Commissionerate. The newly developed mPassport App would speed up the process of disposal of verification of passport applications, Sandhu said.
The DGP also said that Haryana is a consistent performer and was previously judged as the best state and a certificate of recognition was presented to the state in 2014, 2015, 2016 also.
He said that it is a matter of proud and privilege for Haryana.
He also congratulated all the officers and officials of Haryana Police for their remarkable and consistent performance.