How to apply for a duplicate? If you lose your passport, then:

• Please inform the nearest police station and obtain a copy of the FIR;
• Also inform the Passport Officer or Indian Embassy/Consulate which issued that passport. Passport is a valuable document and in case it gets misused, you can be held responsible, if you have not informed the police as well as the passport issuing authority;
• Apply for a duplicate passport with:
• Application for lost passport;
• Copy of the FIR;
• Affidavit (specimen at Annexure ‘B’ of the passport form);
• Copy of lost passport, if available;
• Fee Rs. 2500/-