New Customs Declaration form to be filled from January 1, 2014
YESTERDAY, PTI carried the following news item -
New customs form for Indians, foreigners from Jan 1
New Delhi: All passengers coming to India will be filling up an ''Indian Customs Declaration Form'' seek details that will be different from the detachable perforated strip which is part of the immigration card at the moment.
And all the news portals started flashing the same and the newspapers followed suit today.
DDT too received a few calls and mails asking as to why we had not reported this important news.
DDT would like to inform that the PTI news item is only a reminder to "all the passengers coming to India" that the new Customs Declaration form would be required to be filled from January, 1, 2014.
In fact, this is warranted in terms of the Customs Notification dated August 29, 2013 by which the Customs Baggage Declaration Regulations, 2013 have been framed and which regulations are to come into effect from January 1, 2014.
Please visit dated 03.09.2013 wherein we had carried a detailed mention of the same.