Regulations for the Navy Part IIICentral Regulations · 1957
The following regulations shall be observed in regard to return salutes:-
(a) Salutes to the President shall not be returned
(b) From Foreign ships-of-war – All salutes from foreign ships of war, either to Indian Naval Ships or forts, shall be returned gun for gun. Should there be no fort or battery from which such salutes can be returned, the Senior Naval Officer present will return them gun for gun.