NEW DELHI; The baggage rules relating to free allowance admissible to passengers arriving to India from abroad are being modified, a press release said here Monday.
The general free allowance will be increased from the existing level of Rs 1250 to Rs 2000 per passenger.
There will be a uniform duty rate of 250 percent for baggage in excess of the limit as against the existing 175 percent and 245 percent.
A uniform duty rate of 25 percent on specified articles brought by passengers coming from abroad after a period of stay of more than one year is also proposed subject to certain conditions. The revised measures will take effect from the 1st April this year.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 23, 1990
