You no longer need to get your hand bags stamped at these 7 airports across the country!

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Thursday issued an order of doing away with stamping hand bag tags with immediate effect at seven major airports - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Cochin.

Issued with approval of BCAS chief Rajesh Kumar Chandra, the aviation security circular (4/2017) said, "The present system of stamping hand baggage tags at pre-embarkation security check points for seven airports... shall be dispensed with immediate effect."

The BCAS and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had carried out non-stamping at several airports for domestic flyers last year. That trial was successfully and a final decision was to be taken after Republic Day.

The aviation ministry is keen to extend no-stamping to more airports soon.