India: Practical information

Eating Out

Rules For Eating Out: Rules vary from one establishment to another, but it is generally common to ask for the bill at your table after the meal.

A ‘tip’ is generally given after the meals; varies between 5-10% of the bill amount.

Airport	Distance	Taxi	Bus	Train	Car Rental
Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl (BOM)	37 km / 23 miles	INR 475	INR 50-60 / 60-90 min	-	Available
Calcutta - Dum Dum (CCU)	17 km / 11 miles	INR 135-200 / 40-120 min	INR 8	INR 2-6	Available
Delhi - Indira Gandhi Intl (DEL)	15 km / 9 miles	INR 220 / 30-60 min	INR 50	-	Available

Time zone

Type of Climate: India has broadly three seasons: warm, wet and cool. Heat begins to rise in the plains of the north in February and becomes very high in April - May. The monsoon appears towards the end of May in the south, then heads to the North, then covers the whole country in the first week of July till the end of October. Temperature falls sharply around December - January. The extreme south remains warm all year long because of coastal climate.

Autumn and Winter are undoubtedly the best times to visit India.

Climate

Domestic Currency: Indian Rupee
ISO Code: INR
Possible Means of Payment: Payment is usually in cash. All major credit cards like American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa are also widely accepted.
Travelers' cheques are widely accepted and may be changed at banks and larger hotels.

To Find a Cash Machine Where You Need, Use the ATM locator

Official Language: Hindi (spoken by more than 50% of the country’s population) and English.
Other Languages Spoken: 22 languages are recognised by the Constitution of India: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Nepali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Manipuri , Konkani and Sanskrit are among them. Around 2000 dialects have been identified.
Business Language: English

Police	100
Fire	101
Ambulance	102
Railway Enquiry	131
Telephone assistance in English or Hindi or Regional Language	197

Telephone Codes: To Make a Call From India, Dial 00
To Make a Call to in India, Dial +91
National Mobile Phone Operators: AirTel, Reliance Infoecom, Idea cellular, Vodafone (earlier HUTCH), BSNL/MTNL.

Internet Suffix: .in
National Internet Access Providers: BSNL, AirTel, Sify, Tata Internet Services, Reliance, Netcom, Hathway.

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