Under the visa on arrival system, India has agreement with different countries, including Japan, Finland, Singapore, Indonesia, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos and Myanmar.
Besides relaxing visa norms, Shukla said: "There was broad consensus on simplifying online visa system, relaxing visa regime for all types of conferences and senior citizen foreign tourist or foreign pensioners."
According to Shukla it was also decided that on arrival visa facility would be extended to more airports like Goa, Gaya, Chandigarh and A itsar which have large flow of foreign tourists.
At present the on arrival visa facility is available at international airports of Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Kochi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
During the meeting, the Planning Minister said: "The other issue was of deployment of forces from the Central Police Organisation (CPO) for airports. It was also agreed that the issue will be addressed for achieving the desired objective of making India a tourist friendly country."
According to the minister, there are many senior citizen foreign tourists, including pensioners, who want to visit India. The government has decided to relax visa norms for a group of four such foreign tourists. But that decision has not been implemented so far.
"All on board of the meeting were in favour of relaxing visa rules and allowing even a single senior citizen foreign tourist or pensioner to visit India," he said.
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