Indian Passports to be in both English and Hindi; application fees reduced by 10% Friday June 23,2017

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday June 23,2017 announced that passports would now be in both Hindi and English, and not just in English

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

Personal details in passports are now printed only in English

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