Hyderabad issues a record number of passports
Around 6.6 lakh passports were issued in Hyderabad last year, he said here on Sunday.
Hyderabad: Hyderabad is now the second largest in the country after Lucknow in terms of issue of passports, according to Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, secretary to the Union department of consular passport visa and overseas Indian affairs. Around 6.6 lakh passports were issued in Hyderabad last year, he said here on Sunday.
The external affairs ministry is spreading awareness among people about its e-portals, e-madad and e-migrate launched in 2015. To help Indians facing problems abroad, the ministry has advised people to make use of these portals that are not known to many.
The e-madad is an online consular services management system to deal with grievances like asylum cases and passport issues abroad. The e-migrate portal is to reduce the role of middlemen in passport services. Other problems and grievance, like marital disputes, sexual abuse, birth certificate and contract problems can be registered on e-madad portal.