Chennai, June 24 -- Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar extended wishes to
all passport issuing authorities in India and abroad on the occasion of the 13th Passport Seva
Divas today.
In his X handle post, the Minister highlighted the achievements in the last 11 years.
He further wrote 'Seva, Sushasan and Garib Kalyan' are three key pillars of governance that
would lead us to a Viksit Bharat. They are all reflected with prominence in our "Passport Seva Programme".
"In the last 11 years, there has been a paradigm shift in the public service delivery, from just
over 91 lakh passports in 2014, we have reached 1.46 crore passports in 2024", he said,
according to a PIB release.
"In line with the Government of India's comm...