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Orange colored passports for unskilled labours
January 18 , 2018
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- The Ministry of External Affairs announced that the passports for the Emigration Check Required (ECR) category will be issued with orange jackets.
- The passports in the Emigration Check Not Required (ECNR) category will continue to have blue jacket.
- It also announced that the last page of the passport and other travel documents issued under the Passports Act, 1967 and Passport Rules, 1980 would no longer be printed.
- Persons who don’t have a minimum educational qualification of 10th standard will come under ECR category.
- Regular Passport - This has a navy blue cover; it is issued to citizens for ordinary travel like vacations and business trips.
- Diplomatic Passport - This has a maroon cover; it is issued to Indian diplomats, top-ranking government officials (joint secretary and above) and diplomatic couriers.
- Official Passport - This has a white cover; it is issued to individuals representing the Indian government on official business.
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