Passport becomes one of the most essential document for citizens who travels outside the country. It has to be obtained from Passport authority by applying and personally visited concerned office for identity verification and photo capturing session prior traveling. There are two schemes available for applying Indian Ordinary Passport, Normal scheme and Tatkaal scheme. The difference between normal scheme and tatkaal scheme are delivery period and fees start from Rs. 1,000.00 to Rs. 5,500.00.
If you apply in normal scheme, your passport get delivered within one month, subject to all data including police verification are in positive order, where in tatkaal scheme adversely reduces the delivery time.
In Tatkaal scheme your passport get delivered within 3 days but cost of the fee will be higher.
Now let's see the fee structure of Indian Passport in details:
Ordinary Indian Passport - Fee Structure For Applying Fresh (New)
Fresh or new application for Indian Passport has been categorized mainly into Adult and Minor. Again under these two categories, it has been again categorised as under various individual requirement such as number of pages, normal, tatkaal, age group etc.
Category: Adult (36 pages in Passport)
Age group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number of Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Category: Adult (60 Pages in Passport)
Age group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number of Pages: 60 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 2,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 4,000/-
Category: Minor (Upto 18 years of age)
Age group: Upto 18 years of age
Validity: 5 years
Number of Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Category: Minor (Between 15 to 18 years of age)
Age group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 5 years / till 18 years of age
Number of Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Category: Minor (Between 15 to 18 years of age and 10 years validity)
Age group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number of Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Ordinary Indian Passport - Fee Structure For Applying Renewal (Re-Issue)
Re-issue request for Indian passport has categorized into Minor and Adult. These two again sub-divided into various type as to requirements arisen from citizens such as validity, change ECR also normal or tatkaal etc.
Category: Minor (Re-issue Due to Validity expired / due to expire)
Age Group: Less than 15 years of age
Validity: 5 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Validity expired / due to expire
Category: Minor (Re-issue After Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular)
Age Group: Less than 15 years of age
Validity: 5 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular
Category: Minor (Re-issue due to Exhaustion of pages)
Age Group: Less than 15 years of age
Validity: 5 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Exhaustion of pages
Category: Minor (Re-issue due to Lost / Damaged but expired)
Age Group: Less than 15 years of age
Validity: 5 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged but expired
Category: Minor (Re-issue due to Lost / Damaged within validity)
Age Group: Less than 15 years of age
Validity: 5 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 5,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged within validity
Category: Minor (Validity expired / due to expire)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 5 years / till 18 years of age
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Validity expired / due to expire
Category: Minor (Validity expired / due to expire, Validity 10 Years)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Validity expired / due to expire
Category: Minor (Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 5 years / till 18 years of age
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular
Category: Minor (Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular, Validity 10 Years)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular
Category: Minor (Exhaustion of pages)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 5 years / till 18 years of age
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Exhaustion of pages
Category: Minor (Exhaustion of pages, Validity 10 Years)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Exhaustion of pages
Category: Minor (Lost / Damaged but expired)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 5 years / till 18 years of age
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged but expired
Category: Minor (Lost / Damaged within validity)
Age Group: Between 15 to 18 years of age
Validity: 5 years / till 18 years of age
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 5,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged within validity
Category: Adult (Validity expired / due to expire)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Validity expired / due to expire
Category: Adult (Validity expired / due to expire, 60 Pages)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 60 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 2,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 4,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Validity expired / due to expire
Category: Adult (Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular
Category: Adult (Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular, 60 Pages)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 60 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 2,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 4,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Delete ECR / Change in Personal Particular
Category: Adult (Exhaustion of pages)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Exhaustion of pages
Category: Adult (Lost / Damaged but expired)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 1,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged but expired
Category: Adult (Lost / Damaged but expired, 60 Pages)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 60 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 2,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 4,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged but expired
Category: Adult (Lost / Damaged within validity)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 36 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 3,000/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 5,000/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged within validity
Category: Adult (Lost / Damaged within validity, 60 Pages)
Age Group: Above 18 years of age
Validity: 10 years
Number Pages: 60 pages
Normal Scheme: Rs. 3,500/-
Tatkaal Scheme: Rs. 5,500/-
Reason for re-issue: Lost / Damaged within validity
Download Fee Structure For Applying Fresh (New) in pdf format.
Download Fee Structure For Applying Renewal (Re-Issue) in pdf format.
The complete and latest fee structure of Indian passport is available here.
