Most states no longer limit public gatherings or the operations of businesses, transport services, and nonessential venues.. Facemask mandates and social distancing rules in public places are underway in most states. Multiple states also allow only those with proof of vaccination to enter nonessential public venues and use public transport, though such rules may be rescinded at short notice in areas with low disease activity due to recent directives by the Supreme Court of India. Several states are mandating fines for violators of social distancing rules, though poor adherence and enforcement levels are reported.

Most states require domestic and international travelers to register on the national Aarogya Setu mobile application and/or state-specific online portals for contact tracing purposes. Most interstate passengers must carry negative results of a COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours before departure or proof of completing vaccination at least 15 days prior to travel; some regions require such documents only for arrivals from designated high-risk domestic locations or allow proof of partial vaccination instead. The enforcement level of the measures varies across states.

International commercial passenger flights are operational. Authorities have resumed the issuance of tourist visas. All international passengers must register on the Air Suvidha portal. Unvaccinated arrivals must also upload negative results of an RT-PCR test for COVID-19 taken within 72 hours before departure. Fully vaccinated arrivals from select locations may submit a vaccine certificate instead of a negative test. Air carriers may bar individuals exhibiting symptoms during pre- departure thermal screening to board flights to India.

International passengers will undergo thermal screening on arrival; isolation and testing are mandatory for symptomatic passengers. All entrants must self-monitor their health up to 14 days of arrival; authorities may conduct random free-of-cost testing of passengers at entry ports for surveillance.
Enhanced measures apply to all or unvaccinated international arrivals from some countries, including those with no mutual vaccine recognition or quarantine-free travel treaties with India. Such individuals must undergo self- paid on-arrival testing, quarantine at home for seven days, and return negative results on another COVID-19 test on the eighth day of arrival to exit quarantine. Officials may modify restrictions at short notice depending on disease activity and bilateral agreements.

International passengers traveling for emergency reasons need prior approval to enter without negative results of an RT-PCR COVID-19 test and must undergo on-arrival testing. Entrants requiring on-arrival paid testing facilities – available at several airports, including Bengaluru (BLR), Cochin (COK), Delhi (DEL), Hyderabad (HYD), and Mumbai (BOM) – must pre-book tests via the Air Suvidha portal and wait 1-6 hours for negative test results before boarding a connecting flight or exiting the airport. State-specific quarantine and testing requirements may change at short notice; travelers seeking exemptions and waivers must do so from authorities in all intended destination and transit states before arrival.