State Wise Quarantine Regulations

Updated as on: 03rd March 2022

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
State
Andaman All symptomatic fully vaccinated
persons coming to Andaman and
Nicobar are exempted from the
requirement of carrying RT-PCR
negative test report. All other
passengers viz. unvaccinated and
partially vaccinated passengers
(those who have taken only 1st
dose of COVID vaccine) shall have
to produce RT-PCR negative test
report to travel to Port Blair. Such
RT-PCR test should have been
taken within 48 hours prior to
commencement of journey from the
origin airport connecting Port Blair.
Such passengers will also have to
undergo additional RT-PCR test on
arrival at Port Blair. Such
passengers shall remain in self
quarantine till the arrival of report.
Quarantine Exemptions (If any ) Additional Info.
Requirements ( if any)
All symptomatic children It is mandated that all
below 5 years of age are passengers, irrespective of status
exempted from carrying RT-
PCR negative test of vaccination, shall scrupulously
report and further RT-PCR follow COVID appropriate
testing at Port Blair airport. behavior (wearing mask,
maintaining social distancing
etc.) at all times.
RTPCR test for persons
undertaking journey to Islands in
Nicobar District/ tribal areas
shall be continued till further
orders.
Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
If a passenger on arrival is
tested positive then, the
prescribed quarantine protocol
is to be followed.

Andhra - All asymptomatic All passengers are required to

Pradesh Thermal Screening passengers will have to None register themselves on
undergo home Spandana
quarantine for 14 days. website www.spandana.ap.gov.in
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
will have to take RT-PCR test at
airport and remain under
home quarantine until the
result is declared.
Update as on 13th April 2021.
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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. Rapid Antigen Test on arrival
even if the result of Government Officials and is not mandatory for fully
COVID-19 test on arrival Passengers traveling on vaccinated passengers.
is negative. medical reasons or family Fully vaccinated passengers
Passenger with positive bereavement are have to carry valid
result go for home exempted from vaccination certificate for
isolation/hospitalization mandatory quarantine. both doses.
Passenger with negative
result will have to take
RT-PCR test at airport
and remain under home
quarantine until the
result is declared.
Name of the Health Check Requirements
State
Bihar All arriving Passengers coming
from States where COVID
infection rate is high or cases
of Delta Variant is reported,
will have to undergo Rapid
Antigen Test at Airport on
arrival. However, all those
passengers who have taken
both doses of COVID vaccine
or are carrying negative RT-
PCR report generated within
72 hours of travel, will be
exempted from testing on
arrival.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
No Quarantine For GAYA only-Passengers
requirement. arriving from Madhya Pradesh,
Arriving passengers at Delhi & NCR, Gujarat,
Patna will be randomly Maharashtra, Kerala &Punjab
tested for Covid -19 and will require Vaccination
those found positive Certificate/RT- PCR/RAT
shall be directed to negative report from ICMR
follow the SOP issued by accredited labs. RT-PCR
the Health Department, timeline starts from the swab
Government of Bihar. 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.
Foreign travelers coming to
Bihar through Patna Airport will
have to undergo Rapid Antigen
test upon Arrival at Airport.
Some passengers will be
randomly selected for collection
of samples for RT-PCR test.
Chhattisgarh RTPCR negative test report
within 72hrs for passengers is
required.
Passengers having valid proof
of double vaccination are
exempted from the
requirement of RTPCR test.
If passenger is not having RT-
PCR report, testing will be
done at Raipur airport
and passenger will remain in
home isolation till report is
available.
They will have to pay INR
380 each passenger for
getting tested at Raipur.
None None International passengers
arriving at Chhatisgarh need to
have RTPCR test within 72hrs of
flight. In case not in possession
of same, they will have to go
under RT-PCR test at Raipur and
report will be sent next day.All
international passengers
arriving at Chattisgarh will be in
home quarantine for 8days.On
8th day sample will be taken
from passenger to check Covid-
19 possible infection.
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State
Delhi Thermal screening will be done
for all passengers upon arrival.
Goa Following is the eligibility for
travel to Goa
1) Passengers carrying Covid
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.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Passengers will have to All constitutional and None
remain in quarantine for government functionaries
14 days. and their staff members
are exempted from
quarantine if they are
asymptomatic.
Students and employees 1. Constitutional There is no Covid
coming from Kerala will functionaries, health test facility available
professionals and their
be subjected to spouses. at Goa Airport.
institutional quarantine 2. children below 2 years
of 5 days. At the end of 5 3. In dire emergency
days, they shall be tested conditions.
4. passengers in transit from
by RT-PCR.
and to Kerala.
Arrivals from Kerala
other than students and
NO RTPCR TEST required
employees should
for fully vaccinated
produce RT-PCR negative
passengers
Test report and be in
(15 days after second
home quarantine for 5
dose) for travel to Goa.
days.
Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Gujarat Guidelines for passengers None None It is mandatory for passengers
coming to Gujarat from arriving at Surat to install the
Maharashtra & Kerala- SMC Covid-19 Tracker App:
1)Thermal Screening to be https://play.google.com/store/
done and Vaccination status apps/details?id=in.smc.covidou
of every passenger will be t and must also fill Novel
checked. Corona Self Reporting form-
2) Rapid test will be done in http://www.suratmunicipal.go
respect of passengers found v.in/EServices/Covid19SelfRep
suffering from the disease orting
and will immediately be
isolated.
3) If Antigen test is found
negative than sample will be
sent for RTPCR.
4) If passenger is found positive
will be admitted for treatment
as per the guidelines and
Genome Sequence be done.
(5) If no Symptoms found and
two doses of Vaccination taken
 and period of 15 days is
completed than passenger will
be allowed to go to home.
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 station in Gujarat
State.
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 Army/CAPF personnel are not
7 days of home compelling reasons such
quarantine. required to register on E -Pass
as human distress, if they have arrived to join
Asymptomatic residents
pregnancy, death in back their official duty.
of Himachal Pradesh who
family, serious illness and
had travelled to other
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.
Passengers without and their Business ID will
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
Name of the Health Check Requirements
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 for
Central 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 Update as on 14th February
2022. For passengers arriving
from Goa into Karnataka-
Negative RT-PCR certificate
not older than 72 hours
(3days) shall be compulsorily
produced by the passengers
entering Karnataka. This is also
applicable for passengers
boarding connecting flights
from Goa.
It is mandatory to possess a
negative RT-PCR certificate not
older than 72 hours for all
passengers originating from
Kerala 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.
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 passenger’s
swabshall be collected
on arrival.
Short term travelers (2
days or less) from
Maharashtra holding
return ticket and having
Covid 19 vaccination
completion certificate
for both the two doses
will be exempted from
mandatory RT-PCR
negative test reports.
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.
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-
than7 days are PCR testing shall be which the passenger will not 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
State
RT-PCR negative certificate
not mandatory for persons
who have taken both doses of
vaccine and asymptomatic.
Ladakh Thermal screening shall be
done for all passengers.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
the Jagratha portal remain in paid quarantine
https://covid19jagratha. centre or to home
kerala.nic.in/home/short quarantine till the results
Visit are available.
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
 Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
State 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.

Lakshyadweep Passengers should be in Thermal screening will be

possession of RT-PCR conducted for all passengers
negative certificate of not
older than 72Hours or final
vaccination certificate (two
doses complete)
Madhya There is no Covid test facility
available at Indore Airport.
Pradesh
Negative RT-PCR certificate,
not mandatory for the flights
arriving at Bhopal from
Maharashtra at present.
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 below. This is not
quarantine.
mandatory for Bhopal.
https://indore.acceldash
.com/self-declaration-form

Maharashtra Passengers will either have to

be fully vaccinated or
compulsorily carry RTPCR Test
certificate showing negative
result within 72 hours
before boarding for arrival
into Maharashtra.
Children below 5 yrs
exempted from RTPCR test.
Passengers travelling within
the state will either have to
be fully vaccinated or carry a
negative RT-PCR report within
72 hours of arrival.
In exceptional cases like
family distress etc., testing
may be allowed on arrival at
the Airport in Mumbai.
Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Manipur All the air travellers entering None None None
Manipur (Imphal) should
mandatorily carry Negative
COVID-19 RTPCR tests report
done within 48 hrs. prior to
arrival in the State

Thermal screening shall be

done for all passengers.
Name of the Health Check Requirements
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 Negative RT-PCR/TrueNat/
CBNAAT test Report for Covid-
19 issued by a recognised
laboratory within 72 hours
prior to the time of entry is
mandatory, OR
Certificate of discharge from
Home Isolation or Covid care
facility issued by the
competent authority within 3
months prior to the date of
entry
The above passengers may
may be exempted from entry
point screening and
quarantine.
Quarantine
Requirements
None None
Symptomatic persons
tested negative with
RAgT shall be tested
with RT-PCR/TrueNat,
and shall be
quarantined for a
period of 5 (five) days
even if he/she is found
negative in such a test,
and be tested again
with RT-PCR/TrueNat
after the said 5 (five)
days.
Exemptions Additional Info.
( If any ) ( 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
Name of the Health Check Requirements
State
Nagaland Passengers must have theirRT-
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
Fully vaccinated tourists will
not be required to be tested at
the point of entry and further
may not be required to
quarantine.
Those with single dose of
vaccine will also not be tested
on arrival. However they need
to observe 7 days of
quarantine. Those without any
vaccine dose will be tested on
arrival and subject to 7days
quarantine.
Quarantine Exemptions
Requirements ( If any )
Below categories of
passengers shall be
exempted from Institutional
Quarantine subject to 28
days of Home Quarantine
1.Person above the age of
60 years,
2.Children & parents of
children 10 years & below
3.Pregnant women &
accompanying spouse.
Additional Info.
( if any)
All travelers are required to
install and register on the Covid
Nagaland visitor’s
app and fill the Self Declaration
form.
Residents of North East states
other than Nagaland should
possess negative Covid test
report not earlier than 72 hours
of entry into Nagaland or should
have taken at least 1 dose of
vaccine.
Odisha All the air travellers de-
boarding at Bhubaneswar
except those in transit shall
have to undergo RTPCR Test at
the testing facility provided by
BMC.
The air travellers who have
already been fully
vaccinated or in possession
of RT-PCR negative report
shall also have to be tested.
The travellers whose
destination is Bhubaneswar
shall have to isolate
themselves at home till the
result is communicated to
them by BMC.
On arrival, random RTPCR test
will be undertaken for
passengers who are not in
possession of RTPCR report
conducted 72 hours prior to
the boarding of flight.
Passengers found to be
symptomatic during screening
shall be immediately isolated
and will be taken to medical
facility of BMC
Name of the Health Check Requirements Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
State Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Punjab It is mandatory for all All asymptomatic
passengers flying into Airports passengers arriving at
in Punjab to: Punjab will have to
i. Carry a certificate of Full/ undergo home
Final Vaccination (both doses) quarantine for 14 days.
OR
ii. Carry a negative RT-PCR
Certificate of the last 72 hours.
Infants and children below 10
years of age shall be exempt
from the above requirement.
It is clarified that this shall
apply for domestic flights only
and the requirement for arrival
of International Passengers
shall continue to be governed
by the extant guidelines of
Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, Government of India.
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State
Rajasthan Passengers, already been
administered with the 2 doses
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
Quarantine
However, those passengers
who have not been fully
vaccinated are required to
carry a negative RT-PCR test
report not older than 72 hours
before departure.
Tamil Nadu COVID Testing will be done to
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 not
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Passengers, without the All "Armed Forces All passengers arriving in
report will have to Personnel" arriving in Rajasthan shall undergo
undergo test at the Rajasthan are exempted t thermal screening and oxygen
airport on arrival and o show RT-PCR Negative saturation checks at the airport.
be quarantined for a report (Within 72 Hrs) on Passengers arriving on
period of 07 days. arrival. International flights will have to
In case passenger does undergo RTPCR tests on arrival
not belong to Jaipur or and remain in isolation for 7
Rajasthan (Tourist, days till negative RTPCR report.
Businessman), he will
may have to make his
own arrangements for
getting quarantine.
7 days of Home None It is mandatory for passengers
Quarantine & 7 days of to have TN e-pass by registering
self-monitoring for all on https://tnepass.tnega.org
passengers arriving into before their travel.
Tamil Nadu from
Maharashtra & Kerala.
Other asymptomatic
passengers from all
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 1. Passenger having double All Symptomatic

vaccine or Negative RTPCR passengers shall
report within 72 hours are undergo 14 days
allowed to arrive in Agartala -- Quarantine.
Covid test on arrival -- NOT
required
2. Passenger not having double
vaccination or RTPCR report are
also ALLOWED to arrive in
Agartala subject to undergoing
mandatory RAT on arrival
(free of cost).
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State
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 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
visitors coming for more 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 Update as on 15th February
2022.
There shall be no restrictions
on incoming domestic
passengers from any
location in the country, but
subject to the condition that
the passengers are either
fully vaccinated or RT-PCR
test conducted within 72
hours from the time-of-flight
departure.
Quarantine Exemptions Additional Info.
Requirements ( If any ) ( if any)
Children are not It is mandatory for all
exempted from RTPCR passengers arriving into West
Test. Infants (0-24 Bengal to fill-up and submit the
months) who don’t declaration form using the
occupy a seat are Sandhane App developed by
exempted. H&FW Department of West
Bengal. Please download the
App here:
http://74.50.58.66/systems/Sa
ndhane/1.2/Sandhane_Gen.ap
k