Bhubaneswar : Odisha DGP Abhay today said Substantial improvement has been made in the time taken by Police for passport verification in the state.
Mr Abhay said average time of passport verification by Odisha Police for the first fortnight of September this year was four days only.
Stating that this is among the best in the country, the DGP appreciated the work of Police station level officers, District SPs and Special branch in brining the improvement.
He said till early this year passport verification by Odisha Police was taking a few weeks. Average time for passport verification, as per data of Passport Authorities, was 26 days in 2018, 26 days in 2019 and 36 days in 2020(delay due to Corona).
In earlier years, average verification time was 99 days in 2017, 90 days in 2016 and 38 days in 2015.
Early this year, Odisha Police decided to bring substantial improvement in this. Accordingly passport verification was taken as 5T initiative. Tablets were purchased and distributed to each Police Station. A specific App for passport verification was installed and Special Branch started guiding and monitoring passport verification more clearly.
He said In August 2021 average verification time was brought to six days and in first fortnight of September to four days.
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