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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-18062026-273576
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3094]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026/JYAISTHA 28, 1948
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
ORDER
New Delhi, the 18th June, 2026
S.O. 3216(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 read with sections 3 and 11 of the Immigration
and Foreigners Act, 2025 (13 of 2025), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order to amend the
Immigration and Foreigners Order, 2025, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement. — (1) This Order may be called the Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment)
Order, 2026.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Immigration and Foreigners Order, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the said Order), in paragraph 2,
sub-paragraph (1), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: -
'(aa) "Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder" means the Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder as defined in
clause (ee) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955)'.
3. In the said Order, in paragraph 14, in sub-paragraph (2), after the words "after obtaining necessary permit", the
words "or without permit, as the case may be," shall be inserted.
4. In the said Order, in the Third Schedule, in the Appendix, for the entries under the heading “RAJASTHAN", the
following entries shall be substituted, namely:—
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Sl. | Revenue District| Tehsil | Block | Sub-Division | Remarks |
| No. | | | | | |
+=====+=================+=================+=========+=================+============================================================+
| | District : Jaisalmer |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Jaisalmer | Pokaran | - | - | Area of Tehsil Pokaran situated on west of NH – 11. |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | Jaisalmer | Jaisalmer | - | - | Area west of NH-11 of Tehsil Jaisalmer and the area |
| | | | | | west of NH 68 passing from Jaisalmer city HQ to |
| | | | | | Tehsil Fatehgarh border. |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | Jaisalmer | Ramgarh | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Ramgarh |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 | Jaisalmer | Sam | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Sam |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | Jaisalmer | Fatehgarh | - | - | Area of Tehsil Fatehgarh situated on west of NH 68. |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| | District: Bikaner |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Bikaner | Khajuwala | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Khajuwala |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | Bikaner | Chhatargarh | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Chhatargarh |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | Bikaner | Poogal | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Poogal |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 | Bikaner | Bajju | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Bajju |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | Bikaner | Lunkaransar | - | - | Area of Tehsil Lunkaransar situated on west of NH-62, |
| | | | | | including the area of Mahajan Field Firing Range |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| | District: Sriganganagar |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Sriganganagar | Sriganganagar | - | - | Area of Tehsil Sriganganagar situated on west of NH-62 |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | Sriganganagar | Srikaranpur | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Srikaranpur |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | Sriganganagar | Padampur | - | - | Area of Tehsil Padampur situated on west of NH-62 |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 | Sriganganagar | Gajsinghpur | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Gajsinghpur |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | Sriganganagar | Raisinghnagar | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Raisinghnagar |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 6 | Sriganganagar | Anupgarh | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Anupgarh |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 7 | Sriganganagar | Gharsana | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Gharsana |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 8 | Sriganganagar | Rawla | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Rawla |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 9 | Sriganganagar | Srivijaynagar | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Srivijaynagar |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 10 | Sriganganagar | Suratgarh | - | - | Area of Tehsil Suratgarh situated on west of NH-62 |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| | District: Barmer |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Barmer | Sedwa | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Sedwa |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | Barmer | Dhanau | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Dhanau |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | Barmer | Chohtan | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Chohtan |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 | Barmer | Ramsar | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Ramsar |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | Barmer | Gadraroad | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Gadraroad |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 6 | Barmer | Sheo | - | - | Area of Tehsil Sheo situated on west of NH-68. |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| | District: Phalodi |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Phalodi | Bap | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Bap situated on west of NH-11 |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | Phalodi | Phalodi | - | - | Entire area of Tehsil Phalodi situated on west of NH-11 |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| | District: Jalore |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Jalore | Sanchore | - | Sanchore | - |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | Jalore | Chitalwana | - | Chitalwana | - |
+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
Note: The protected areas specified in the above table shall not apply to the following areas, namely: -
(i) The peripheral areas of cities, towns and villages on the National Highway Nos. 62, 11 and 68 through which
it passes;
(ii) the city limits of Sriganganagar, Suratgarh, Bikaner, Phalodi, Bap, Pokaran, Jaisalmer, Barmer and Sanchore;
(iii) the villages and areas of tourist interest namely, Amarsagar, Ludrava, Kuldara, Bada Bagh (Black Bar), Akal,
Sam, Unda and Khuhri of Jaisalmer district used for tourism purposes such as desert safaris, camping sites,
desert rallies, etc., extending 500 meters on either side of the roads leading to these places and boundaries of
such villages."
[F. No. 25022/04/2025-F. I]
Dr. SANDEEP N MAHATME, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal Order was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide
number S.O.3986 (E), dated the 1st September, 2025.
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