External Affairs Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj has informed that India ranks o.3 in global ranking in issuing passports.
The minister tin formed this while she was inaugurating a passport office in the city of Shillong, Meghalaya.
The first 2 ranks go to China & America.
Presently, there are 5.7 Crore citizens holding passports in India.
There is a plan to open passport offices in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim within the next year.