Indian women need not change their names in passports after their marriage, PM Modi said today at the commemoration of the golden jubilee of Indian merchant chamber's ladies wing. From now onwards, Indian women need not change their names in passports after their marriage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said. Modi made the statement while speaking at the commemoration of the golden jubilee of Indian merchant chamber's ladies wing. Towards the end of 2016, the government had also made access for passports friendlier for divorced or separated women when the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stopped the practice of asking for the name of the spouse. The step was among a number of measures announced by the government to modernise the passport-seeking process. WHAT PARLIAMENTARY PANEL SUGGESTED A Parliamentary panel formed to look into the Passport Act 1967 and Passport Rules 1980, comprising officials from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the MEA and the Central ...
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