New Rules Under Customs Baggage Declaration (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

Passengers flying into India will have to declare Indian currency exceeding Rs. 10,000 being brought by them
Besides, they will also be asked to declare the number of baggage, including hand baggage, while entering into the country

According to new rules under Customs Baggage Declaration (Amendment) Regulations, 2014, an Indian citizen would need to fill up the immigration form only when he or she goes out of the country. There will be no immigration form for Indian citizens returning from abroad.

The Regulations will be implemented from March 1,2014 said a notification issued on February 10 by the Finance Ministry.

All passengers coming to India will fill up a new 'Indian Customs Declaration Form'

The 'Indian Customs Declaration Form' carries additional fields for declaration of dutiable and prohibited goods, which will help authorities in checking customs duty fraud and keep a record of gold jewellery and bullion being brought into the country

Travellers would be asked to specifically declare any prohibited articles, gold jewellery (over free allowance), gold bullion and Indian currency exceeding Rs. 10,000 in the new form

India has 19 international airports in Srinagar, Amritsar, Jaipur, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Nagpur, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Goa, Bangalore, Chennai, Calicut, Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Port Blair.