Sushma Swaraj: Passports to be in both English and Hindi

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today announced that passports would now be in both Hindi and English, and not just in English.

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She also announced 10 per cent reduction in passport fee for applicants who are under eight and over 60.

Personal details in passports are now printed only in English.

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The external affairs minister was addressing an event to mark 50 years of the Passport Act, 1967.

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