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| Tourists-Duties & Concessions |
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TOURISTS- DUTIES & CONCESSIONS
A tourist is a passenger
- who is not normally a resident in India;
- who enters India for a stay of not more than six months in the course of any twelve months period for legitimate non-immigrant purposes, such as: touring, recreation, sports, health, family reasons, study, religious pilgrimage, or business;
A tourist arriving in India shall be allowed clearance free of duty articles in his bonfide baggage to the extent as mentioned below:
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Tourists of Indian origin other than those coming from Pakistan by land route
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Used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if -
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These goods are for personal use of the tourist, and
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These goods, other than those consumed during the stay in India, are
re-exported when the tourist leaves India for a foreign destination.
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Articles as allowed to be cleared under rule 3 or rule 4 of the Baggage
Rules 1998 (that is duty free allowance applicable to Indian residents).
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Tourists of foreign origin other than those of Nepalese origin coming
from Nepal or of Bhutanese origin coming from Bhutan or of Pakistani
origin coming from Pakistan.
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Used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if
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These goods are for personal use of the tourist, and
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These goods, other than those consumed during the stay in India, are
re-exported when the tourist leaves India for a foreign destination.
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Articles upto a value of Rs-4000 for making gifts.
| Tourists of Nepalese origin coming from Nepal or of Bhutanese origin coming from Bhutan.
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No free allowance.
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Tourists of Pakistani origin or foreign tourists coming from Pakistan
or tourists of Indian origin coming from Pakistan by land route
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Used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if ;
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These goods are for personal use of the tourist, and
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These goods, other than those consumed during the stay in India, are
re-exported when the tourist leaves India for a foreign destination.
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Articles upto a value of Rs-3000 for making gifts.
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CIGARETTES, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.
Tourists, whether of foreign or Indian origin, are allowed the following items duty- Free but within their free allowance:- 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 gms. of tobacco;
- Alcoholic liquor & wine upto 1 litre each.
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