The Baton arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India at 8.15pm, local time, on 11th October 2013, after a transit stop in Dubai. The Baton was given a ceremonial reception by top Indian sportspersons and officials, including IOA acting head Vijay Kumar Malhotra. Mr Malhotra received the Baton from 2014 Glasgow Organising Committee Vice-Chair and Commonwealth Games Federation Honorary Secretary Louise Martin before being handed to the Indian sportspersons present at the reception.
Other Indian officials who were present included senior IOA officials G S Mander and S Reghunathan as well as Indian Weightlifting Federation Secretary-General Sahdev Yadav. Sportspersons who were present to receive the Baton included discus thrower Krishna Poonia, weightlifter Kutulu Ravi Kumar, shooter Samresh Jung and wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt, Ravinder Singh and Anil Kumar; all of whom won gold medals in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
