Baggage allowance: differentiated duty free treatment for travelers based on origin and route, affecting gifts and personal items. The Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 2000 add a proviso to rule 3 allowing Indian residents and foreigners returning from Pakistan by land route clearance of duty free articles in bona fide baggage as per Appendix B, and substitute Appendix E to rule 7, which categorises tourists by origin/route and prescribes that Indian origin (except Pakistan by land) and specified foreign tourists may clear used personal effects and travel souvenirs (subject to re export) and limited gift allowances, while Nepalese and Bhutanese origin tourists coming from their countries receive no free allowance.
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Baggage allowance: differentiated duty free treatment for travelers based on origin and route, affecting gifts and personal items.
The Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 2000 add a proviso to rule 3 allowing Indian residents and foreigners returning from Pakistan by land route clearance of duty free articles in bona fide baggage as per Appendix B, and substitute Appendix E to rule 7, which categorises tourists by origin/route and prescribes that Indian origin (except Pakistan by land) and specified foreign tourists may clear used personal effects and travel souvenirs (subject to re export) and limited gift allowances, while Nepalese and Bhutanese origin tourists coming from their countries receive no free allowance.
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