{
  "id": 2579969,
  "title": "India to end boarding pass stamping at airports for international travellers from September 1",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/india-to-end-boarding-pass-stamping-at-airports-for-international",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T12:43:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-to-end-boarding-pass-stamping-at-airports-for-international-travellers-from-september-1/article71377582.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Starting September 1, 2026, Indian travelers departing from airports will no longer be required to present a physical boarding pass for immigration clearance. Instead, they will need to display an electronic boarding pass on their smartphones. This change comes after officials from the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) found that manually stamping physical boarding passes caused inconvenience and occasional errors.\n\nWhile the BOI has officially communicated the decision to airport authorities, physical boarding passes will still be accepted for the time being, though they will not be stamped at immigration counters at international airports. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has also ceased stamping boarding passes during individual frisking procedures.\n\nThe BOI has initiated a pilot project to assess the feasibility of eliminating boarding pass stamping for Indian passport holders, with the intention of rolling out this measure across all Indian airports once the pilot is completed.",
  "summary": "“Instead, passengers travelling abroad will have to produce an e-boarding pass on their smartphones for immigration clearance,” officials said",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "India To End Boarding Pass Stamping For International Flyers From September 1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/india-to-end-boarding-pass-stamping-for-international-flyers-from",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:53:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "India to scrap boarding pass stamping for international flyers from September 1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/india-to-scrap-boarding-pass-stamping-for-international-flyers-from",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:10:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}