The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Kochi, has been adjudged as the Best Passport Office in India for the year 2025-26 under the Passport Seva Puraskar instituted by the Ministry of External Affairs.
The award was presented by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Dipin P.R., Regional Passport Officer, Kochi, at the Passport Seva Divas celebrations and the Regional Passport Officers’ conference held in New Delhi on June 19, according to a release.
The RPO here excelled across almost all key performance parameters used to assess the efficiency of passport offices. It included appointment availability, time taken for processing passport applications, grievance redressal, speed of passport issuance, employee productivity, pendency management, and minimisation of file escalations from Passport Seva Kendras, it said.
Published – June 20, 2026 07:54 pm IST
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