Amends Baggage Rules, 1978, so as to, inter-alia,- (i) raise exemption limit from Rs. 1250 to Rs. 2000, (ii) raise exemption limit for specified goods from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1000, (iii) raise exemption limit to Rs. 3000 in respect of goods specified in Rule 4.
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Baggage duty exemption limits increased and specified electronic and other goods excluded from duty-free import under amended baggage rules.
Amendment to the Baggage Rules, 1978 increases duty-free baggage exemption thresholds (including raising the Rule 4 exemption to rupees three thousand) and substitutes Rule 4A(2), Rule 8 proviso and Rule 9 to exclude articles listed in the newly inserted Appendices A and B from duty-free import. Appendix A enumerates specified high-value household and electronic goods not exempted; Appendix B lists restricted items including motor cycles, firearms, excess tobacco products and alcoholic liquor.