Protected and restricted areas of India

Indian citizens who are not residents in these areas need an Inner Line Permit (ILP) to enter these places.

Unlike PAP, RAP are generally available for individual travellers and can be issued by overseas embassies or even, in some cases such as Port Blair's Veer Savarkar International Airport, on the spot.

Indian citizens do not need special permission to visit restricted areas.

As of 2018:[3] Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland were formerly excluded from the Protected Area regime between 30 December 2010 and 31 December 2012 by MHA vide MHA ID Note No.13/6/99-NE.II Vol.V dated 23 March 2012.

The PAP is issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Domestic Immigration stamp permitting entry into the Andaman and Nicobar Islands