{"id":1876,"date":"2026-07-15T00:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:12:23","slug":"indian-passport-passport-just-a-document-to-regulate-departure-of-citizens-from-india-mea-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=1876","title":{"rendered":"Indian Passport: Passport just a document to regulate departure of citizens from India: MEA | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132403339,imgsize-105216,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mea-on-passport.jpg\" alt=\"Passport just a document to regulate departure of citizens from India: MEA\" title=\"Representative image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: After the recent row over remarks by government officials that a passport is not proof of citizenship, the MEA reiterated Tuesday that it is a document that, per Passports Act, 1967, is issued by Indian government to regulate the departure of citizens from India.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>&#8220;&#8230;The issue of passports to Indian citizens or any other individual is governed by the Passports Act, 1967, and Passports Rules, 1980,&#8221; said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. He also said that less than 8% of Indians hold one.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Official sources maintain that passport is not a determinant of citizenship that flows from the 1955 Citizenship Act administered by the Union home ministry.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The remarks follow a clarification earlier that no new decision has been made on the travel document in 12 years. <!-- -->The clarification had come after allegations that efforts were underway to arbitrarily deny citizenship rights to those who disagree with government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>&#8220;It was not decided yesterday that the passport is not proof of citizenship. It was not even decided in the last 12 years. The passport has never been proof of citizenship,&#8221; a source had said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Citing Passports Act 1967, government sources had then said passports can be issued to even non-citizens &#8220;in the public interest&#8221; while EC officials said passport continues to be among the 12 valid supporting documents required for voters to prove their eligibility to be on voters&#8217; list.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/passport-just-a-document-to-regulate-departure-of-citizens-from-india-mea\/articleshow\/132403332.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: After the recent row over remarks by government officials that a passport is not proof of citizenship, the MEA reiterated Tuesday that it is a document that, per Passports Act, 1967, is issued by Indian government to regulate the departure of citizens 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