THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (DR. SHASHI THAROOR): I beg to to lay on the Table a copy of the Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2009 (Hindi and English versions) published in    Notification No. G.S.R. 390(E) in Gazette of India dated the 5^th June, 2009 under sub-section (3) of Section 24 of the Passports Act, 1967.

(Placed in Library, See No. LT 81/15/09)