<p>The government is actively considering doing away with a provision which requires international passengers to upload their Covid-19 vaccine certificate or RT-PCR negative report on the Air Suvidha portal before coming to India.</p>.<p>However, the existing mandate of filling up a self-declaration form online on the portal will continue, official sources told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Passengers have been complaining about the portal being periodically down, difficulty in accessing forms and uploading of certificates, the sources said, adding the removal of the provision may come as a relief for them.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/fatigue-headache-among-top-lingering-symptoms-months-after-covid-19-study-1134257.html" target="_blank">Fatigue, headache among top lingering symptoms months after Covid-19: Study</a></strong></p>.<p>"The Civil Aviation Ministry recently sought inputs from the Union Health Ministry for removing the provision which requires international passengers to upload the Covid-19 vaccine certificate or the RT-PCR negative report on the Air Suvidha portal citing inconvenience faced by travellers," the sources said.</p>.<p>"The health ministry is expected to give its go ahead soon," the sources added.</p>.<p>The aviation ministry has been receiving feedback from travellers about the hassles they face while uploading the certificates prior to their travel.</p>.<p>With international travel getting back to the pre-pandemic level, several countries have taken steps to relax requirements and restrictions for ease of travel, they said.</p>.<p>India logged 12,751 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,41,74,650, while the active cases have declined to 1,31,807, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The death toll has climbed to 5,26,772 with 42 fatalities which includes 10 reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. </p>
<p>The government is actively considering doing away with a provision which requires international passengers to upload their Covid-19 vaccine certificate or RT-PCR negative report on the Air Suvidha portal before coming to India.</p>.<p>However, the existing mandate of filling up a self-declaration form online on the portal will continue, official sources told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Passengers have been complaining about the portal being periodically down, difficulty in accessing forms and uploading of certificates, the sources said, adding the removal of the provision may come as a relief for them.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/fatigue-headache-among-top-lingering-symptoms-months-after-covid-19-study-1134257.html" target="_blank">Fatigue, headache among top lingering symptoms months after Covid-19: Study</a></strong></p>.<p>"The Civil Aviation Ministry recently sought inputs from the Union Health Ministry for removing the provision which requires international passengers to upload the Covid-19 vaccine certificate or the RT-PCR negative report on the Air Suvidha portal citing inconvenience faced by travellers," the sources said.</p>.<p>"The health ministry is expected to give its go ahead soon," the sources added.</p>.<p>The aviation ministry has been receiving feedback from travellers about the hassles they face while uploading the certificates prior to their travel.</p>.<p>With international travel getting back to the pre-pandemic level, several countries have taken steps to relax requirements and restrictions for ease of travel, they said.</p>.<p>India logged 12,751 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,41,74,650, while the active cases have declined to 1,31,807, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The death toll has climbed to 5,26,772 with 42 fatalities which includes 10 reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. </p>