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World’s Most Expensive Passport 2024

Passport fees vary worldwide, with a report from April 2024, indicating that costs range from ₹1,500 to ₹19,000, influenced by factors such as the country of issuance and...

November 22, 2024

Arton Capital Passport Index 2022

Arton Capital’s Passport Index 2022 was released recently to rank the world’s strongest and weakest passports – the travel documents issued by a country’s government to citizens to...

December 8, 2022

CSIR develops Bi-Luminescent Security ink to Curb Fake Currency Notes

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research along with National Physical Laboratory recently discovered a bi-luminescent security ink. The ink shall be used to counterfeit currency notes. Also,...

March 12, 2020

Passport Renewal Reminder Services begun by Passport Seva Kendras

On January 28, 2020, the Ministry of External Affairs launched the Passport renewal reminder services. The Passport Seva Kendras operating under the Ministry of External Affairs will send...

January 28, 2020

Indian passport ranked at 86th position in latest Henley Passport Index 2019

The Indian passport has been ranked at the 86th position with a mobility score of 58 in the latest Henley Passport Index 2019. The score points out that...

July 4, 2019

Indian passport ranked as 79th most powerful in world

As per 2019 Henley and Partners Passport Index, the Indian passport has been ranked as the 79th most powerful in the world. The Henley index ranks world’s passports...

January 11, 2019

India ranked 81st at 2018 Henley Passport Index

India has been ranked 81st at the 2018 Henley Passport Index with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 60 destinations. The strength of the passport is determined by the...

October 10, 2018

India’s passport ranked 75th out of 94 countries

India’s passport has been ranked 75th out of 94 countries with a visa-free score of 51, according to the ‘Global Passport Power Rank 2017’ by global financial advisory...

October 26, 2017

MEA announces new rules to ease process of getting passport  

The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced new passport rules by changing Passport Rules, 1980 in order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue...

December 24, 2016

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