New customs rules under which Indian flyers will no longer be required to fill immigration forms when they return from abroad, will now be applicable at international airports in the country from March 1.

A notification issued by Finance Ministry has said under the new Customs Baggage Declaration Regulations, 2013, an Indian citizen would need to fill up the immigration form only when he or she goes out of the country.

These regulations were to come into force from January 1 but now the date to implement them has been set ahead by two months.