Your passports will retain the last the page with your address and other personal details. ECR status is issued to citizens who have not passed 10th standard and such passport holders have to take clearance from the immigration office while travelling abroad for work. “The decision of the MEA on both these issues was reviewed in the light of these representations”, said the release. Without the last page, the practice of using the passport as an address proof would have stopped. The decision to have an orange jacket, critics said, would discriminate against citizens on the basis of educational qualifications.

Source: Hindustan Times January 30, 2018 14:43 UTC