New Delhi: Passport fees are revised from time to time after comprehensive review of the cost of providing passport and related services, operational requirements, and service delivery improvements, and the recent hike in fees by 67 per cent, has come after 14 years, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday.
The "increase in the cost of various inputs and service delivery" over the 14 years since the last revision in 2012 "made it necessary to revise the passport fees", Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said in a written response to a query.
