Passport visa fees fetch Rs 86571 bln five year

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Immigration and Passports has contributed Rs. 86.571 billion to national exchequer on account of passport and visa fee during last five years.The introduction of new measures as per modern requirements by Ministry of Interior (MoI) have resulted in enhanced earning in passport and visa fee domain which has reached Rs. 20.846 billion in 2015-16.The year wise data has revealed on Saturday that the performance of the Department can be gauged from the fact that during two years” 2013 14 and 2014 15 the total earning contributedto national kitty was Rs. 36.063 billion.During 2013 14 Directorate General of Immigration and Passports earned Rs. 17.717 billion and Rs. 18.356 during 2014 15. Similarly during 2011 12 the earning of the Department on account of passport and visa fee was 13 346 and Rs. 16.306 billion during 2012 13.The total earning during 2011-12 and 2012-13 was Rs. 29.652 billion.The steps taken by present government to enable the Department run on modern needs helped in enhancing the revenue up to around Rs. 6.41 billion.