Air India has issued a complete list of state-wise quarantine rules for domestic passengers travelling amid the Covid pandemic
Travelling is not the same as in the times of coronavirus. Every state has different travel rules. So, if you are planning to travel in and around India, be mindful of the latest travel rules of that particular state.
Air India has issued a complete list of state-wise quarantine rules for domestic passengers travelling amid the Covid pandemic. “ State Governments are issuing various guidelines for travellers. Passengers are requested to check the state-specific requirements before travel,” Air India said in a tweet.
“While every effort is made to update this information, it is the sole responsibility of the passenger to ensure his or her eligibility to comply with the entry regulations of the respective State Government. Air India, Air India Express and their subsidiaries accept no liability in this regard,” the national carrier said in a circular.
#FlyAI: State Governments are issuing various guidelines for travelers. Passengers are requested to check the state-specific requirements before travel. Updated advisory available at https://t.co/LIbI1nXbcl pic.twitter.com/BgWWD66FGH
— Air India (@airindiain) August 18, 2021
Here is a complete list of COVID-19 regulations in each state and union territory:
Andaman
RT-PCR negative report issued from an ICMR recognized lab where the test is taken 48 hours before commencement of journey. Handwritten reports are not acceptable. In addition, all arriving passengers shall mandatorily undergo Rapid Antigen Test.Quarantine: Compulsory home quarantine for 7 days, even with negative RT-PCR report. Passengers visiting Swaraj Dweep, Shaheed Dweep and Little Andaman need to have 10 days of home quarantine irrespective of being tested negative.
Any person violating the quarantine guidelines shall be liable to be fined to the tune of ₹5000/–each time
Goa
1) Passengers carrying Covid Negative Test Report done a maximum of 72 hours prior to entering in Goa.
2) Passengers entering Goa for Medical emergencies on the production of proof thereof.
3) Following persons who are fully vaccinated at least 14 days before the date of entry and have been asymptomatic.
a) Persons who enter the state of Goa for purpose of business and employment.
b) Resident of Goa who is now stranded outside Goa for pandemic related or other such issues.Andhra Pradesh
All asymptomatic passengers will have to undergo home quarantine for 14 days.
All passengers are required to register themselves on the Spandana website www.spandana.ap.gov.in
Assam
The thermal screening will be conducted on arrivals. Rapid Antigen Test on arrival is mandatory. Passengers with positive results go for home isolation or hospitalization. Passengers with negative results will have to take the PCR test at theairport and remain under home quarantine until the result is declared.
All arriving passengers will have to undergo compulsory home quarantine for 7 days, even if the result of the COVID-19 test on arrival is negative.
Rapid Antigen Test on arrival is mandatory for all including fully vaccinated passengers. Passengers with positive results go for home isolation/hospitalization Passengers with anegative results will have to take the RT-PCR test at the airport and remain under home quarantine until the result is declared.Passengers transiting to Intra-Assam and the North East States were exempted from arrival testing.
Government Officials and Passengers travelling for medical reasons or family bereavement are exempted from mandatory quarantine.
The cost of the RT-PCR test maximum of ₹500 shall be borne by the passengers
Bihar
The thermal screening will be conducted on arrivals.
Bihar Government Health Department has removed restrictions for Domestic Arriving passengers at Patna and RT-PCR Negative report will not be mandatory for arriving passengers to Patna from other domestic stations.
10 days of home quarantine is mandatory for passengers
All passengers will be tested for Covid -19 & those found positive shall be directed to follow the SOP issued by the Health Department,
For GAYA only-Passengers arriving from Madhya Pradesh, Delhi & NCR, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala &Punjab will require Vaccination Certificate/RT- PCR/RAT negative report from ICMR accredited labs. RT-PCR timeline starts from the swab collection time.RT-PCR report within 72hours. 14 days past certificate of both doses of COVID vaccination.
Rapid Antigen Facility is available at arrivals free of cost
Chhattisgarh
Passengers are required to carry RT-PCR negative reports from ICMR certified labs not earlier than 96 hours. ICMR id or SRF id is a must on the negative reports, else testing for Covid will be done on arrival. Those without the above documents will be tested on arrival and remain in home isolation till the report is available.
Delhi
The thermal screening will be done for all passengers upon arrival.
Passengers will have to remain in quarantine for 14 days.
All constitutional and government functionaries and their staff members are exempted from quarantine if they are asymptomatic.Gujarat
Thermal screening shall be conducted for all arriving passengers.
There is no RT-PCR test required for Domestic travel in healthy individuals on arrival in any of the stations in Gujarat State.
It is mandatory for passengers arriving at Surat to install the SMC Covid-19 Tracker App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.smc.covidout and must also fill Novel Corona Self Reporting form-http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/EServices/Covid19SelfReporting
Haryana
The thermal screening will be done for all passengers upon arrival.
All asymptomatic passengers arriving at Haryana will have to undergo home quarantine for 14 days.
Uttarakhand
COVID Test will be done (free of cost) for passengers arriving from Maharashtra, Kerala & Gujarat.All passengers will be exempted from home quarantine if they arrive with RT- PCR/True NAT/CBNAAT/Antigen test with a negative report not more than 72hrs before arrival.Fully vaccinated passengers after 15 days of the second dose will be exempted from the above test requirements to enter the state.
Home quarantine for visitors coming for more than 7 days.
No quarantine for travellers coming to Uttarakhand with a stay of fewer than 7 days.
Govt official from state & centre, Judges of Supreme & High court and other judicial officers, MP’s & MLA of Uttarakhand & support staff are exempted from quarantine.
All passengers need to register (Mandatory) on the state website: http://smartcitydehradun.uk.gov.in and follow SOPs of Government agencies.
Rajasthan
Passengers, already been administered with the 1st dose of COVID-19 Vaccination, are EXEMPT from carrying the RT-PCR COVID-19 negative report while entering the State of Rajasthan, and shall also be exempt from the mandatory Home / Institutional QuarantineHowever, those passengers who have not been vaccinated are required to carry a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours before departure and need to produce the negative COVID-19 certificate at the time of arrival in Rajasthan.
Passengers, without the report, will be quarantined for a period of 15 days.
In case the passenger does not belong to Jaipur or Rajasthan (Tourist, Businessman), he will have to make his own arrangements for getting quarantine.
All “Armed Forces Personnel” arriving in Rajasthan are exempted to show RT-PCR Negative report (Within 72 Hrs) on arrival.
All passengers arriving in Rajasthan shall undergo thermal screening and oxygen saturation checks at the airport.
Tamil Nadu
COVID Testing will be done on symptomatic persons coming from Maharashtra & Kerala. All passengers arriving in Coimbatore to have Auto E-Pass & also carry a negative RT-PCR report not earlier than 72 hours from the time of departure. The same is not7 days of Home Quarantine & 7 days of self-monitoring for all passengers arriving into Tamil Nadu from Maharashtra & Kerala. Other asymptomatic passengers from all states, apart from
None It is mandatory for passengers to have aTN e-pass by registering on https://tnepass.tnega.org before their travel.
Maharashtra
It is mandatory for passengers to carry negative RT-PCR reports not earlier than 72 hours before the time of entry into Maharashtra.Passengers without RT-PCR reports will not be permitted to board the flight.
All passengers who intend to stay in Maharashtra for a period of 7 days or less shall be exempted from mandatory quarantine. Such passengers will have to share the details of their return/onward
Karnataka
It is mandatory to possess a negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours for all passengers originating from Kerala and Maharashtra irrespective of the vaccination status.For travellers from all other states, it is mandatory that those with COVID -19 symptoms should carry an RT- PCR Negative Test Report.
Permitted exemptions for negative RT-PCR certificates for travellers from Kerala and Maharashtra are as follows:
a) Constitutional functionaries and health care professionals.
b) Children below 2 years.
c) In a dire emergency situation (death in the family, medical treatment etc), the passengers’ swabs shall be collected on arrival.
On receipt of the RTPCR test report, further action will be taken as per the State Protocol.
The cost of the RT -PCR test at Bengaluru airport is INR 800/- PER PERSON.
Kerala
Travellers from other States to Kerala shall carry an RT- PCR negative certificate has taken within 72 hours before the start of the journey.However COVID-19 negative test result is not required for travel of any person (including delivery agents) within Kerala.
All asymptomatic passengers undergo home quarantine for 14 days. Passengers visiting Kerala for less than7 days are exempted from home quarantine provided they obtain an entry pass for a short visit from
In case, any passenger arrives at the Calicut airport without an RT-PCR result, the arrangements for the RT- PCR testing shall be arranged at the Airport itself. The passenger shall bear the expense of the test. The Passenger should
All passengers arriving in Kerala must have a valid e-pass after registering their details in the state’s COVID Jagratha portal, without which the passenger will not be permitted to exit the airport – https://covid19jagratha.kerala.nic.in/home/addMedicalEmergencyPassHimachal Pradesh
All asymptomatic passengers arriving from all states will be exempted from quarantine, if they are carrying a COVID negative certificate through RT-PCR test or TRUNAAT t/CB NAAT test by an ICMR authorized lab issued not earlier than 96 hours from the time when the sample was taken.
Asymptomatic passengers arriving from cities with a high prevalence of Covid- 19 will have to undergo 7 days of institutional quarantine, followed by 7 days of home quarantine.
Asymptomatic residents of Himachal Pradesh who had travelled to other states for medical, Business or work purposes maybe be exempted from quarantine if they exit or re-enter the state within 48 hours.
Passengers arriving from cities with a high prevalence of Covid-19 may only be exempted from institutional quarantine if they are travelling for exceptional and compelling reasons such as human distress, pregnancy, death in the family, serious illness and parent(s) accompanied by children below 10 years. However, these passengers will then have to undergo home quarantine for 14days.It is mandatory for all passengers to install Aarogya Setu App and also register at least 48 hours prior to their arrival on the Covid E- Pass portal http://covid19epass.hp.gov.in
Army/CAPF personnel are not required to register on E -Pass if they have arrived to join back their official duty.
Jammu and Kashmir
All passengers arriving at Jammu & Kashmir will have to undergo the Covid19 antigen test through the RT-PCR method or Rapid Antigen test.
Until the test results are reported negative, passengers will have to undergo home quarantine for 14 days.
Passengers without contactable phone numbers with updated Aarogya Setu App will have to undergo institutional quarantine
Asymptomatic Business travellers carrying a confirmed return ticket confirmed hotel booking and their Business ID will be exempted from quarantine and will be permitted to proceed to their hotel from thePassenger is required to fill up ICMR health form on arrival.
Gujarat
Thermal screening shall be conducted for all arriving passengers.
There is no RT-PCR test required for Domestic travel in healthy individuals on arrival in any of the stations in Gujarat State.
It is mandatory for passengers arriving at Surat to install the SMC Covid-19 Tracker App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.smc.covidout and must also fill Novel Corona Self Reporting form-http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/EServices/
