Less Delay?

I'm not sure if the delay in the process of issuing passports to Indian nationals is going to be reduced or not, but for sure the passport applicants don't need to pay off the visiting officials:)!

The process of issuing Passports for Indians involve this step where the applicants got to wait & wait & wait:)! As part of waiting, they also need to wait for a police constable to come to their residence to verify their respective residential address! This process has some complications from the applicant's perspective! Well, the applicant can't sure make other plans of going out of their residence because, he/she is not sure about when the constable will walk into the house.

Well, atleast this is tolerable, but for sure we know one thing. If some government official walks into our house, then we need to pay them 'some amount' for nothing:)...:(! And so every constable will get due 'respects' at every house of passport address verification! The new initiative from Ministry of External Affairs to avoid this process - A government offical's visit for verifying residential address - is a good one.

Hopefully, this will make the process simple, easy & reduce delay for the applicants. But, will it help reduce the applicant's loss of 'some amount' and avoid some basic level of corruption??