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For Guests above 85 years, they have instructed to provide insurance of any other country where the minimum coverage is Euro 30000 per policy & the claim against Insurance Company would be recoverable in a Schengen State.

Accordingly your medical insurance coverage will be EURO 30,000.

Jewellery Allowance?

An Indian passenger who has been residing abroad for over one year is allowed to bring jewellery, free of duty in his bonafide baggage upto an aggregate value of Rs. 50,000/- (in the case of a gentleman passenger) or Rs.1,00,000/- (in the case of a lady passenger).

Import of Indian Currency is prohibited. However, in the case of passengers normally resident in India who are returning from a visit abroad, import of Indian Currency upto Rs. Rs. 25,000/- is allowed.

Import of Indian Currency is prohibited. However, in the case of passengers normally resident in India who are returning from a visit abroad, import of Indian Currency upto Rs. Rs. 25,000/- is allowed.

Customs Guide For Travellers

Every passenger entering India has to pass through a Customs check. The passenger has to declare the contents of his baggage in the prescribed Indian Customs Declaration Form At airports the passenger has the option of seeking clearance through the Green Channel or through the Red Channel subject to the nature of goods being carried.

Green And Red Channels
For the purpose of Customs clearance of arriving passengers, a two channel system has been adopted

1. Green Channel for passengers not having any dutiable goods.
2. Red Channel for passengers having dutiable goods.

However, Green channel passengers must deposit the Customs portion of the disembarkation card to the Customs official at the exit gate before leaving the terminal. Declaration of foreign exchange/currency has to be made before the custom officers in the following cases:

1. Where the value of foreign currency notes exceed US $ 5000 or equivalent
2. Where the aggregate value of foreign exchange including currency exceeds US $ 10,000 or equivalent

Other Information

1. Export of most species of wild life and articles made from wild flora and fauna, such as ivory, musk, reptile skins, furs, shahtoosh etc. is prohibited.
2. Trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is prohibited.
3. Export of goods purchased against foreign exchange brought in by foreign passengers are allowed except for prohibited goods.
4. Carrying of Indian currency notes in the denomination of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 to Nepal is prohibited.
5. Export of Indian Currency is strictly prohibited. However Indian residents when they go abroad are allowed to take with them Indian currency not exceeding Rs. 25,000/-
6. Tourists while leaving India are allowed to take with them foreign currency not exceeding an amount brought in by them at the time of their arrival in India. As no declaration is required to be made for bringing in foreign exchange / currency not exceeding equivalent of U.S. $ 10,000, generally tourists can take out of India with them at the time of their departure foreign exchange/ currency not exceeding the above amount.
7. Indian residents going abroad are permitted to take with them foreign currency without any limit so long as the same has been purchased from an authorized foreign exchange dealer.

What are the norms for the import of Alcoholic drinks /Cigarettes as baggage?

Following quantities of Alcoholic drinks and Tobacco products may be included for import within the duty free allowances admissible to various categories of incoming passengers :

1. Alcoholic liquors or Wines upto 2 litres
2. 100 Cigarettes or 25 Cigars or 125 gms. of Tobacco

The rate of duty applicable on these products over and above the above mentioned free allowance is as under:

1. Cigarettes BCD @100%+ educational cess @ 3%
2. Whisky BCD @150% + ACD @ 4% + education cess NIL.
3. Beer BCD @100% + ACD NIL + 3% education cess