NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj often uses Twitter to help Indians who're facing problems abroad. And now, it gets even better: thanks to '
Twitter Seva
,' a new service that her ministry launched on Friday, you'll be able get
help from your local Indian embassy or your regional passport office faster than ever.
The service, launched by Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh, will act as "an umbrella platform" of all Ministry-affiliated Twitter handles,
Ministry of External Affairs
Spokesperson
Vikas Swarup said.
Twitter Seva unites over 200 social media handles - including those of 198 Indian Missions abroad, 29 Regional Passport Offices and eight other handles such as @MEAIndia, @Indiandiplomacy and @MEAQuery.
Now, tweets that you send to any of these handles will go to the Twitter Seva platform, enabling the quick resolution of grievances.
Swarup said the Ministry's commitment to
serve Indians at home and abroad in an enhanced, timely and transparent manner will now "take a new leap forward."
The launch of the Foreign Ministry's Twitter Seva service comes just months after the Telecom Ministry launched one in August. The Commerce and Industry Ministry, too, launched a Twitter Seva service in April this year.