new delhi the finance ministry has directed all duty free shops at international airports to display price of items only in rupees and accept card payments in the indian currency inr prevailing exchange rate will be applicable if purchases are made in foreign currency the central board of excise and customs cbec said in a circular currently price of goods sold at duty free shops at international passenger terminals are displayed in us dollars and the forex conversion charges are borne by the passengers along with transaction fee and other levies it has been decided to extend the facility of payments in indian rupees through inr debit cards or credit cards at duty free shops without any need for conversion of foreign currency into indian rupees the circular said in order to ensure effective implementation of the new norms it said the duty free shops shall henceforth mandatorily display the price of all goods on sale in indian rupees only the ceiling for an incoming passenger at the arrival terminal has been retained at rs 25000 however payments through a inr credit card or debit card at duty free shops located in the departure hall shall be without limit for an outgoing passenger cbec said there will be however a ceiling of payment in cash at rs 25000 at duty free shops as per the cbec passenger making payments through credit debit card are not subject to paying for merchandise in foreign currency and accordingly do not have to bear any attendant charges for conversion of foreign exchange nkd cs bal pti published on dec 20 2017 at 0824 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app dutyfree passengers cbec finance ministry rupees homenewsindustryduty free shops asked to display prices in rupee only