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GROWING GLOBAL CLOUT
service to the people from
Passport Seva Kendras
(PSK)
l The MEA has eased the EASE OF TRAVEL RATING
passport issuing process l India improved its Ease of Travel rating by one place to 80th in the
and has made it an online Henley Passport Index for 2019. It was ranked 81st last year and
88th in 2015 when e-visa was introduced for the first time. India’s
procedure including online
ranking in Global Passport Index stands at 48, which was 71 in 2019
filing of passport application
and getting appointments for EASE OF DOING BUSINESS RANKING
submission of documents l As per World Bank’s annual report on the Ease of Doing Business
for passports (EODB), 2020, India ranks 63rd out of 190 countries. The ranking
has moved up by 14 spots this year
l An applicant can now
apply for a passport from WORLD DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING
anywhere in India. Police l Improvement in terms of knowledge and future readiness to
verification would be explore new technologies has helped india to jump four places
conducted at the address to the 44th position in Digital Competitiveness Ranking in the
world in IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019. The
mentioned in the form and
report measures the capacity of 63 countries to adopt digital
the passport will also be technologies as a key driver for economic transformation in
dispatched at the same businesses, governments and society
address
l mPassport Seva Mobile GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX
l Innovation is a key to development and this is one of the guiding
App was launched in 2018.
principles of the Government of India. India's Global Innovation
It enables applicants to Index 2020 rank is 48 among 131 economies, which is four
apply, pay and schedule positions up since 2019. India tops the list in innovation economies
appointments for passport ranking in the Central and South Asia
services. It also provides WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKING
passport related information
l India, which is an emerging power in Asia-Pacific region and
including PSK and POPSK also globally, continues to remain on 43rd rank on annual World
location, fees, mode of Competitiveness Index by Institute for Management Development
submission and tracking of (IMD). It was on 45th in 2017 and improved to 44th in 2018 and
then to 43rd in 2019
passport application status
on smartphones GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION INDEX
l The current provision is l India has moved up two positions to rank 74th on a global 'Energy
allowing applicants to Transition Index' in 2020 with improvements on all key parameters
choose any appointment of economic growth, energy security and environmental
sustainability. The World Economic Forum (WEF) said that for
date from the earliest
India, gains have come from a Government-mandated renewable
five available dates for energy expansion programme, now extended to 275 GW by 2027
scheduling/rescheduling an
appointment for passport EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER
related services l Edelman Trust Barometer 2020 conducted by an independent PR
firm in the US graded people's trust levels in the Government.
l Lotus, the national flower,
India ranked 2nd in the list. Trust levels on the Government of
has been imprinted on the India have shot up by 7% since January 2020. Very few countries
passports as part of the such as India showed evidence of a sustainable double-digit gain
enhanced security features in trust, backed by consistent growth over the years, some like
China have large trust gains often but they are quickly lost
to check fake passports
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