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	INCOME TAX CLEARANCE
	If a person not domiciled in India intends to stay in the country for more than 120 days, an Income Tax Clearance' certificate is required in order to leave the country. This document will prove that the person's stay in India was financed by his own money and not by working or selling his goods. The foreign section of the Income Tax Department at Delhi, Calcutta, Madras and Bombay issues these certificates on being shown the person's passport, visa extension form and the currency exchange receipts which have been used by the person.

	FOREIGN TRAVEL TAX
	Passenger embarking on journey to any place outside India from a Customs airport/seaport will have to pay a Foreign Travel Tax (FTT) of Rs. 500 and Rs. 250 on journeys to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. No tax is payable on journeys performed by ship from Rameshwaram to Talaimanar and in case of transit passenger, provided they do not leave the Customs barrier. Transit passenger travelling by air who have to leave the airport on account of mechanical trouble provided they continue their journey by the same aircraft and the same flight number by which they arrive are also exempted from FTT. Transit sea passenger leaving the ship for sightseeing, shopping etc, during the ship's call at any of the Indian ports will not be required to pay FTT.

	INLAND AIR TRAVEL TAX
	An Inland Air Travel Tax is leviable at 10 percent of the basic fare on all passengers paying their airfare in foreign exchange will be exempted from payment of this tax. In addition infants, cancer patients, blind persons and invalids (those on stretchers) are also exempted from this tax after fulfilling certain conditions stipulated in the relevant notifications.