State Wise Quarantine Regulations

Updated as on: 12th August 2021

Disclaimer – 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.

Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.

State
Andaman RT-PCR negative report issued
from an ICMR recognized lab
where test is taken 48 hours
before commencement of
journey. Hand written reports
are not acceptable. In
addition, all arriving
passengers shall mandatorily
undergo Rapid Antigen Test.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Compulsory home None Any person violating the
quarantine for 7 days, quarantine guidelines shall be
even with negative RT- liable to be fined to the tune of
PCR report. Passengers Rs 5000/--each time
visiting Swaraj Dweep,
Shaeed Dweep and
Little Andaman need to
have 10 days of home
quarantine irrespective
of being tested
negative.
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State
Andhra -
Pradesh Thermal Screening
Assam Thermal screening will be
conducted on arrivals. Rapid
Antigen Test on arrival is
mandatory. Passenger with
positive result go for home
isolation or hospitalization.
Passenger with negative result is negative.
will have to take RT-PCR test at Rapid Antigen Test on
airport and remain under
home quarantine until the
result is declared.
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Update as on 13 April 2020.
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Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
All asymptomatic All passengers are required to
passengers will have to None register themselves on
undergo home Spandana
quarantine for 14 days. website www.spandana.ap.gov.in
All arriving passengers Passengers transiting to The cost of the RT-PCR test
will have to undergo Intra-Assam and North maximum of INR 500 shall be
compulsory home East States exempted borne by the passengers.
quarantine for 7 days, from arrival testing.
even if the result of Government Officials and
COVID-19 test on arrival Passengers traveling on
medical reasons or family
bereavement are
arrival is mandatory for exempted from
all including fully mandatory quarantine.
vaccinated passengers.
Passenger with positive
result go for home
isolation/hospitalization
Passenger with negative
result will have to take
RT-PCR test at airport
and remain under home
quarantine until the
result is declared.
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State
Bihar 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 by the Health
from other domestic stations.
Chhattisgarh Passengers are required to
carry RT-PCR negative report
from ICMR certified labs not
earlier than 96 Hours. ICMR id
or SRF id is must on the
negative reports, else testing
for Covid will be done on
arrival. Those without above
documents will be tested on
arrival and remain in home
isolation till report is available.
Quarantine
Requirements
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
Department,
Government of Bihar
None None
Exemptions Additional Info.
( If any ) ( if any)
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
None
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State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Delhi Thermal screening will be done Passengers will have to All constitutional and None
for all passengers upon arrival. remain in quarantine for government functionaries
14 days. and their staff members
are exempted from
quarantine if they are
asymptomatic.

Goa Following is the eligibility for None There is no Covid

travel to Goa test facility available
1) Passengers carrying Covid at Goa Airport.
Negative Test Report done
maximum of 72 hours prior
entering in Goa.
2) Passengers entering in Goa
for Medical emergencies on
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 are
now stranded outside Goa for
pandemic related or others such
issues.
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State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
c) Residents of Goa who, on
account of their work
requirement/ medical reasons,
are required to travel
outside the State of Goa and
return to the state after few
days.

Gujarat Thermal screening shall be None None It is mandatory for passengers

conducted for all arriving arriving at Surat to install the
passengers. SMC Covid-19 Tracker App:
There is no RT-PCR test https://play.google.com/store/
required for Domestic travel in apps/details?id=in.smc.covidou
healthy individuals on arrival in t and must also fill Novel
any of the station in Gujarat Corona Self Reporting form-
State. http://www.suratmunicipal.go
v.in/EServices/Covid19SelfRep
orting
Haryana Thermal screening will be done All asymptomatic None None
for all passengers upon arrival. passengers arriving at
Haryana will have to
undergo home
quarantine for 14 days
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State
Himachal All asymptomatic passengers
Pradesh 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.
Jammu and All passengers arriving at
Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir will have to
undergo Covid19 antigen test
through RT-PCR method or
Rapid Antigen test.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Asymptomatic Passengers arriving from It is mandatory for all
passengers arriving from cities with high prevalence passengers to install Aarogya
cities with high of Covid-19 may only be Setu App and also register at
prevalence of Covid- 19 exempted from least 48 hours prior to their
will have to undergo 7 institutional quarantine if arrival on the Covid E- Pass
days of institutional they are travelling for portal http://covid19epass.hp.gov.in
quarantine, followed by exceptional and
7 days of home Army/CAPF personnel are not
compelling reasons such required to register on E -Pass
quarantine.
as human distress, if they have arrived to join
Asymptomatic residents
pregnancy, death in back their official duty.
of Himachal Pradesh who
had travelled to other family, serious illness and
states for medical, parent(s) accompanied by
Business or work children below 10 years.
purpose maybe be However, these
exempted from passengers will then have
quarantine if they exit or to undergo home
re-enter state within 48 quarantine for 14days.
hours.
Until the test results are Asymptomatic Business Passenger is
reported negative, travelers carrying a Required to fill
passengers will have to confirmed return ticket, Up ICMR health
undergo home confirmed hotel booking form on arrival.
quarantine for 14 days.
and their Business ID will
Passengers without
contactable phone be exempted from
number with updated quarantine and will be
Aarogya Setu App will permitted to proceed to
have to undergo their hotel from the
institutional quarantine
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State
Passengers arriving from
Jharkhand
Maharashtra, Kerala and
Punjab will require RT-
PCR/RAT negative report from
ICMR accredited labs done
within last 72hrs. RT-PCR
timeline starts from the swab
collection time. Passengers
without RTPCR Report will
be tested at the airport.
RTPCR/RAT test will be free of
cost at arrivals.
Random RAT test will be done
for other sector passengers.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
for 14 days or till theirairport after undergoing
test results are reportedthe Covid-19 test.
negative, in which case Personnel of Defense and
they will be released forCentral Armed Police
home quarantine.
Forces returning on duty,
including transit labour
hired by BRO to go to
Ladakh, will be exempted
from Covid-19 antigen
testing.
Mandatory 7 days home None
quarantine for all
passengers arriving into
the state of Jharkhand.
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State
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 travelers from all other
states, it is mandatory that
those with COVID -19
symptoms should carry a RT-
PCR Negative Test Report.
Kerala Travelers from other States
to Kerala shall carry a RT- PCR
negative certificate taken
within 72 hours before the
start of journey.
However COVID-19 negative
test result is not required for
travel of any person (including
delivery agents) within Kerala.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Permitted exemptions for The cost of RT -PCR test at
negative RT-PCR Bengaluru airport is INR 800/-
certificate for travellers PER PERSON.
from Kerala and
Maharashtra are as
follows:
a) Constitutional
functionaries and health
care professionals.
b) Children below 2
years.
c) In dire emergency
situation (death in the
family, medical treatment
etc), the passengers swab
shall be collected on
arrival.
On receipt of the RTPCR
test report, further action
will be taken as per the
State Protocol.
All asymptomatic In case, any passenger All passengers arriving at Kerala
passengers to undergo arrives at the Calicut must have a valid e-pass after
home quarantine for 14 airport without an RT- registering their details in state’s
days. Passengers PCR result, the COVID Jagratha portal, without
visiting Kerala for less arrangements for the RT-
which the passenger will not be
than7 days are PCR testing shall be
exempted from home arranged at the Airport permitted to exit the airport -
quarantine provided itself. The passenger shall https://covid19jagratha.kerala.ni
they obtain an entry bear the expense of the c.in/home/addMedicalEmergenc
pass for short visit from test. The Passenger should yPass.
Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
RT-PCR negative certificate the Jagratha portal remain in paid quarantine
not mandatory for persons https://covid19jagratha. centre or to home
who have taken both doses of kerala.nic.in/home/short quarantine till the results
vaccine and asymptomatic. Visit are available.

Ladakh Thermal screening shall be
done for all passengers.
All asymptomatic Personal of Defense & None
passengers arriving at Central Armed Police are
Ladakh will be exempted from above
exempted from provisions
quarantine if they are
carrying a Covid-19
negative certificate by
an ICMR- authorized
lab issued within 48
hours before arrival.
All other passengers
will have to undergo
mandatory home
quarantine for 7 days.
Workers are advised to
arrive at Ladakh
through contractor(s)
or Labour agencies
and will be exempted
from quarantine if they
are also carrying a
Covid-19 negative
certificate by an
ICMR-authorized lab
issued within 48 hours
before arrival. If they
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State
Madhya There is no Covid test facility
Pradesh available at Indore Airport.
Negative RT-PCR certificate,
not older than 72 hours, shall
be compulsory for the flights
arriving at Bhopal from
Maharashtra. Passengers
without RTPCR test report will
be compulsorily tested at
Bhopal Airport with a charge
which will be borne by the
passengers.
Maharashtra It is mandatory for passengers
to carry negative RT-PCR
report not earlier than 72
hours before the time of entry
into Maharashtra.Passengers
without RT-PCR report will not
be permitted to board the
flight.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
do not carry this
report, they will have
to undergo7 days of
institutional quarantine
followed by a Covid-
19 test.
All other asymptomatic Self-declaration is mandatory
passengers arriving into for all arriving passengers to
Madhya Pradesh are Indore. Link for self-declaration
exempted from is given
quarantine and must
below. https://indore.acceldash
self-monitor their health
for at least14 days. .com/self-declaration-form
All passengers who The armed forces All passengers travelling from
intend to stay in personnel and their airports located within
Maharashtra for a period families from the Army, Maharashtra are exempted from
of 7 days or less shall be Navy, Air force and the RT-PCR Test/Certificate
exempted from Coast Guard are exempted requirements.
mandatory quarantine. from the above-mentioned As per Ministry of Civil Aviation
Such passengers will RT-PCR tests subject to guidelines, the exemptions to
have to share the details following the other travel without RT-PCR report for
of their return/onward
fully vaccinated passengers DO
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State
RT-PCR timeline starts from
the report issuance time
The conditions for
exemptions to travel without
RT-PCR report are as follows
1. Passengers must have been
administered with both doses
of the COVID 19 vaccination
2. 15 days should have elapsed
after second dose
3. Passengers must be in
Possession of valid Final
vaccination certificate
displayed on the Aarogya Setu
app issued through COWIN
portal .
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
journey. necessary Covid related NOT APPLY to international
Other passengers will protocols. travelers arriving into
have to undergo home Maharashtra.
quarantine for 14 days.
To seek exemption from
home quarantine, it is
mandatory to upload
the request online at
https://portal.mcgm.go
v.in before your travel.
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State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Manipur Thermal screening shall be None None None
done for all passengers.
Effective 30th June 2021,
Passengers entering Manipur
from outside the State, who
have been fully vaccinated
with 2 doses of COVID vaccine,
shall be exempted from
producing negative COVID
testing reports or from
mandatory testing on arrival at
Imphal Airport. Passengers
should produce a valid
certificate depicting fully
vaccinated status of the
person with 2 doses of COVID
vaccine. Passengers who are
not vaccinated or only partially
vaccinated i.e. received only
1(one) dose of COVID vaccine
will not be exempted and shall
require to produce negative
RAT/RT-PCR/True Nat/CB-
NAATCOVID-19 test report
taken within 72 hours at the
time of entry into Manipur.
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State
Meghalaya RT-PCR test for all arriving
passengers on chargeable basis
incase passenger is not carrying
a negative COVID-19 report on
arrival (not earlier than 72 hours
prior to arrival).
Mizoram Covid Test should be within 96
hours from arrival.
All passengers entering in to
the State of Mizoram from
other parts of the country shall
mandatorily undergo Rapid
Antigen Test (RAT) at their point
of entry to Mizoram.
RAT Positive persons shall be
attended to as per the standing
protocol. This provision shall
also apply to residents of
Mizoram travelling outside
Mizoram and coming back.
Quarantine Exemptions
Requirements ( If any )
None None
Those tested as Covid- Persons entering Mizoram
19 negative with RAT from outside maybe
but showing any exempted from the
symptom of Covid-19, requirement of quarantine
shall be tested with RT- subject to fulfilment of the
PCR / True-Nat as soon following terms and
as possible. conditions :
Those who are found 1) He / she should
Covid-19 negative shall produce, at the screening
be quarantined and point, a negative report
they will be tested with with valid SRF ID for the
RT-PCR TrueNat after Covid-19 test using RT-PCR
5 (five) days, and if / TrueNat / CBNAAT,
found Covid-19 conducted within 48 hours
negative, they may be prior to the time of entry in
discharged from the the State.
quarantine. (2) He / she should
be screened for Covid-19 at
the entry point and found
Covid- 19 negative, such
exempted persons shall
Additional Info.
( if any)
All passengers must register on
the State portal to generate a
unique e-invite
http://meghalayaonline.gov.in/
covid/testing.htm
For all persons entering
Mizoram, prior registration on
mPASS-flight or mPASS-road in
mCOVID-19 mobile application
before arrival is mandatory to
enable proper arrangements for
screening and quarantine.
Home quarantine and Hotel
quarantine can be applied
online at
https://mcovid19.mizoram.gov.
in
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State
Nagaland All passengers must have their
RT-PCR (negative) report with
them from an ICMR approved
lab not earlier than 72 hours of
arrival into the state of
Nagaland through RT-PCR /
TrueNat / CBNAAT
All travelers are required to
install and register on the Covid
Nagaland visitor’s app and fill
the Self Declaration form.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
monitor themselves for any
symptom of Covid-I9 for a
period of 7 (seven) days,
and may perform any
important tasks during such
'self-monitoring', while
strictly following the 'Covid
Appropriate Behaviour'
07 days of Institutional Below categories of All travelers are required to
Quarantine followed by passengers shall be install and register on the Covid
14 days of Home exempted from Institutional Nagaland visitor’s
Quarantine for all other Quarantine subject to 28 app and fil the Self Declaration
passengers. days of Home Quarantine form. Below categories of
In case the person 1.Person above the age of passengers shall be exempted
concerned does not 60 years, from Institutional Quarantine
have the negative test 2.Children & parents of subject to 28 days of Home
report or if he/she children 10 years & below Quarantine with active
hasn't completed 3.Pregnant women & surveillance 1. Person above the
COVID-19 vaccination, accompanying spouse. age of 60 years, 2.Children &
then the person has to parents of children 10 years &
quarantine for 10 (ten) below 3. Pregnant women &
days in the State. accompanying spouse.
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State
Odisha Passenger’s entry into
Bhubaneswar from other
States by producing Rapid
Antigen Test/RTPCR negative
report/final vaccination
certificate is hereby
withdrawn.
Punjab The requirement of negative
RT-PCR of the last 72 hours/
Vaccination Certificate for
entry into the state of Punjab is
not mandatory for domestic
travel
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
International arriving MoCA vide OM dated 07- • Movement of Persons on
passengers having RT- 08-2020 has allowed for Vande Bharat and air transport
PCR negative report onward air journey of bubble flights will continue to
would be exempted international arriving be regulated as per SOP issued
from institutional passengers, when
quarantine. exemption from
institutional quarantine is
granted by the state
authorities (of the entry
airport) on the basis of
negative RT-PCR test
report, for which test was
conducted within 72
hours prior to undertaking
the journey.
All asymptomatic
passengers arriving at
Punjab will have to
undergo home
quarantine for 14 days.
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State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Rajasthan Passengers, already been Passengers, without the All "Armed Forces All passengers arriving in
administered with the 1st dose report will be Personnel" arriving in Rajasthan shall undergo
of COVID-19 Vaccination, are quarantined for a Rajasthan are exempted t thermal screening and oxygen
EXEMPT from carrying the RT- period of 15 days. o show RT-PCR Negative saturation checks at the airport.
PCR COVID-19 negative report In case passenger does report (Within 72 Hrs) on
while entering the State of not belong to Jaipur or arrival.
Rajasthan, and shall also be Rajasthan (Tourist,
exempt from the mandatory Businessman), he will
Home / Institutional may have to make his
Quarantine own arrangements for
However, those passengers getting quarantine.
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 be
produce the negative COVID-19
certificate at the time of arrival
in Rajasthan.
Tamil Nadu COVID Testing will be done to 7 days of Home None It is mandatory for passengers
symptomatic persons coming Quarantine & 7 days of to have TN e-pass by registering
from Maharashtra & Kerala. All self-monitoring for all on https://tnepass.tnega.org
passengers arriving in passengers arriving into before their travel.
Coimbatore to have Auto E- Tamil Nadu from
Pass & also carry a negative RT- Maharashtra & Kerala.
PCR report not earlier than 72 Other asymptomatic
hours from the time of passengers from all
departure. The same is not states, apart from
Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
applicable for passengers Maharashtra and
arriving from Karnataka, Gujarat, must undergo
Andhra Pradesh & Puducherry. home quarantine for 14
In case the passenger arrives days.
without RT-PCR report, COVID
testing shall be done free of
cost at Coimbatore airport.
Telangana It is mandatory for all Asymptomatic None None
passengers to install the passengers arriving at
Aarogya Setu App Telangana are
exempted from
quarantine

Tripura Negative test report for All Symptomatic None Passengers without RTPCR test
COVID-19 done by RT- passengers shall will be tested on arrival (RAT)
PCR/True NAAT/CBNAAT of 72 undergo 14 days free of cost.
hours prior to journey. Quarantine.
Passengers arriving in the state
may be allowed without Covid
19 report if they are able to
show complete vaccination
certificate and two weeks have
elapsed after the last dose of
vaccination.
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State
Uttarakhand COVID Test will be done (free
of cost) for passengers arriving visitors coming for more
from Maharashtra, Kerala &
Gujarat.All passengers will be
exempted from home
quarantine if they arrive with
RT- PCR/True
NAT/CBNAAT/Antigen test
with negative report not more
than 72hrs before arrival.
Fully vaccinated passengers
after 15 days of second dose
will be exempted from above
test requirements to enter the
state.
Uttar Pradesh RT-PCR negative report from
ICMR accredited labs done
within last 72 hours for
Passengers arriving from Kerala
and Maharashtra.
If the passengers are not
carrying the RT-PCR negative
report, then they will undergo
the “RAPID ANTIGEN TEST” at
Varanasi Airport.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Home quarantine for Govt official from state & All passengers need to register
center, Judges of Supreme (Mandatory) on state website:
than 7 days. & High court and other http://smartcitydehradun.uk.go
No quarantine for judicial officers, MP’s & v.in and follow SOPs of
travelers coming to MLA of Uttarakhand & Government agencies.
Uttarakhand with stay support staff are
less than 7 days. exempted from
quarantine.
14 days home Passengers exiting Mandatory requirement of
quarantine Uttar Pradesh within 7 Aarogya Setu App and
days of arrival shall be registration on
exempted from https://reg.upcovid.in
mandatory quarantine Any passengers found with
subject to validation of SYMPTOMS and not carrying
return/onward travel. the RT-PCR negative report will
only undergo “RT-PCR test” at
Varanasi Airport. Both RAPID
ANTIGEN &RT-PCR test will be
free of cost by the state
authorities.
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State
West Bengal All passengers coming from
outside the state of West
Bengal shall mandatorily
possess an RT-PCR negative
test report for a test
conducted within 72 hours of
flight departure or a proof of
full vaccination.
Effective 08th August 2021,
fully vaccinated passengers
coming from Pune, Mumbai
and Chennai airports also have
to mandatorily possess an RT-
PCR negative test report for a
test conducted within 72 hours
of flight departure.
Quarantine Exemptions
Requirements ( If any )
14 days quarantine for Only emergency cases like
those without RT-PCR death of kin will be
test report exempted from prior
testing. However, they will
have to get themselves
tested on arrival at the
airport at their cost
Children are not
exempted from RTPCR
Test. Infants (0-24
months) who don’t
occupy a seat are
exempted. If a person is
on an official duty and is
tested negative for COVID-
19, he/she will be allowed
to perform the duty &
return without any
restrictions.
Additional Info.
( if any)
It is mandatory for all
passengers arriving into West
Bengal to fill-up and submit the
declaration form using the
Sandhane App developed by
H&FW Department of West
Bengal. Please download the
App here:
http://74.50.58.66/systems/Sa
ndhane/1.2/Sandhane_Gen.ap
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