Passport authorisation has been decentralised.What this means is that passports will now be issued centrally, but will be authorised locally.So,there will be no middlemen/agents doing passport work by paying bribes at the HO. Instead, a person goes to a local police station,and applies for a passport - the application is verified by a local passport officer, and sent to HO for final authorisation.Good move, I must say. You gotta give it to them - its a good move - it cuts down the processing time at HO, it cuts down the huge queues, it cuts down transaction costs, and reduces interface time for the passport-aspirer.
What is beyond my understanding is why , the local passport office cannot process more than 20 applications in a day. The whole idea of localisation must be to process more applications with the least amount of redtape and help make the HO an 'enabler' ,not a regulator.
The '20 applications only' rule is ridiculous to say the least.What this means is that people who want a passport need to go to the local issuing office as early in the morning as possible(weird times like 4 am are not uncommon) and get a number amongst the first 20 applicants for the day.
So, what this means that , a public which is happier that passport work will get done locally- returns home feeling disgruntled ,since localisation has only simplified the HO's operations - life for the average passport aspirer is still inconvenient.
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