Customs Information to Passengers Coming from abroad - Elephant of blind
A few months ago I was present at a social gathering of highly placed Indians in a neighbouring country and I was witness to a lot of ignorance paraded by highly educated elitist socialites. Some of the information dished out by these highly informed people, especially stylish ladies were:
1. What are the goods and the value of goods that can be taken to India? The range varied from cosmetics to alcohol and value ranged from 20,000 to 2 lakhs. Nobody had any definite idea. The number of bottles of liquor ranged from 1 bottle to 5.
2. How much money can you take to India? That varied from 10,000 rupees to unlimited rupees and dollars.
3. How much gold can you carry? Two biscuits seemed to be the majority view.
4. What about gold jewellery? Anything you wear on your body can be taken and that includes wrist watches.
5. Laptop: You can carry one used laptop and one new.
6. Mobile phone: Same as laptop.
The unanimous opinion was that whatever you carry, you can always manage the Customs - with a little cash.