Passport is a document meant to â regulate the departure from India of citizens of Indiaâ : MEA spokesperson

WIRE — Less than 8% of Indian citizens hold a passport, says Randhir Jaiswal; the response came weeks after a government official referred to the Indian passport as a â travel documentâ and said that it is not a â citizenship documentâ .

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