Officers Equally Ignorant
I did a little survey of my own by calling up various Air Customs offices.
In most of the airports, they told me that the duty free allowance is Rs. 45,000. Most of them were not aware of the statutory provisions for import of currency. Nobody was sure whether you can bring two laptops (one used and one new). Nobody could tell me whether I could bring an iphone within the baggage allowance. A well meaning officer gave me the best advice - to see the website for more details. I asked him which website I should see. He said, "google with ‘Customs India' and you will get several websites!"