• Baggage Rules has been amended to raise the free baggage allowance as follows:

 

(Age of passengers) (1)	(Period of stay in abroad) (2)	(Change in free allowance) (3)
		Old	New
(a) 10 years or more than 10 years	More than 3 days
		Rs.35,000	Rs.45,000
(b) 10 years or more than 10 years	3 days or less than 3 days	Rs.15,000	Rs.17,500
(c) less than 10 years	More than 3 days	Rs.15,000	Rs.17,500

• It has been further amended to reduce the duty free allowance for cigarettes form 200 no. to 100 no.; for cigars form 50 no. to 25 no. and for tobacco from 250 gms to 125 gms.

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