Minister for tourism and culture Shripad Naik said the new visa would mean travellers could apply online for permission to travel and would receive a reply within 72 hours.
Providing the reply is positive, the tourist could then be able to fly to India with the correct paperwork where immigration officials would then supply them with their visa on arrival.
However, Naik refused to say when the scheme would be introduced or which countries would benefit from it.
Instead, he said the full details would be released in a speech,A which hopefully will be made before the end of the month.
