Union Tourism Minister Shri K Chiranjeevi has welcomed the joint efforts of Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Tourism to simplify the Embarking Card for Indians and Disembarking Cards for foreigners. 

The proposed Forms are point specific with the relevant questions and tourist friendly. This will come into effect from July 01,2013. Through these Identification Cards, statistics of foreign tourist arrivals can be easily generated. The size of card has also been reduced substantially.