Union Minister of State for Data and Broadcasting L. Murugan handing over the primary passport issued on the POPSK in Periyar Nagar on Thursday.
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Union Minister of State for Data and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs L. Murugan launched the Put up Workplace Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) in Periyar Nagar on Thursday.
That is the second such facility within the metropolis after Chennai GPO. Stating that the brand new POPSK would profit north Chennai residents, Mr. Murugan stated the submit workplaces had been built-in to supply public utility companies, together with banking, insurance coverage, and Aadhar companies, underneath a single roof.
The Union authorities is working to make sure that authorities companies attain folks on the grassroots stage. The advantages of varied central social welfare schemes are being transferred straight into the financial institution accounts of beneficiaries by means of the Direct Profit Switch mechanism since 2014.
Mr. Murugan handed over the primary passport processed on the new centre to the dad and mom of a six-month-old toddler. That is a part of the objective of the Union Ministry of Exterior Affairs to open one POPSK in each Parliamentary constituency. Designed to deal with excessive density of candidates from north Chennai and its fringes, the POPSK will initially cater to about 40 candidates every day earlier than regularly scaling as much as 90.
The Division of Posts already operates POPSK centres in different districts, together with Vellore, Villupuram, Ranipet, and Kancheepuram. Chennai North MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy, Ministry of Exterior Affairs Joint Secretary Isha Srivastava, Chief Postmaster Basic (Tamil Nadu Circle) Mariamma Thomas, and Regional Passport Officer (Chennai) S. Vijayakumar have been additionally current.
Printed – July 16, 2026 07:15 pm IST
