Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj announced on Friday that passports would now be printed both in Hindi and English.
Seeking to make the process of acquiring passports less cumbersome, she also announced 10% reduction in passport fee for applicants who under 8 and over 60.
To help people in rural areas who don’t have PAN cards, the government said ration cards could be submitted while applying for Tatkal passports.
Swaraj said she had received complaints that personal details in passports were printed only in English.
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