No earlier it used to be like that, that we wud go to the police station n just get it done, at that time ppl used to b at home n with influence cud get their pcc done or by bribing, now they made it online, now u have to tk appoint,ent n go to passport office and there they take ur documents n forward ur application to the superitendent of police in ur area n he then sends someone to ur house. Its manadatory to do it at the applicants home since they send a location and the picture has to be outside or inside ur home. To make it more authentic, its such a hassle. They can just take our national ids,... They r getting there but its slow. Atleast its authentic