Bringing into India of Foreign currency, Indian currency and Jewellery made of gold and silver. A copy of the CDF duly certified by the customs will be handed over to the declarant. This declaration helps easy conversion of foreign currency into Indian currency by the tourists and also reconversion of their unspent balances of Indian rupees into Foreign Currency at the time of departure from India. Foreign Tourists returning to India from Nepal area, however permitted to bring with them unspent Indian currency note.
Coins upto the value of Rs.
In order to facilitate customs clearance of personal jewellery at the time of the tourists departure from India, details thereof are endorsed on the tourists passport at the time of entry. For other currencies, banks quited rates based on market conditions. Banks drafts and travellers cheque fetch better rates as compared to currency notes and coins. Currencies like Pound-Sterling, US Dollar and Deutsche Mark, Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen are widely accepted. For travel within India, Foreign Tourists have to pay the fares in Foreign Exchange.