India's customs network is being integrated with several regulatory agencies to improve the speed of export consignment clearances. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said that a paperless compliance framework may also be issued for the special economic zones (SEZs), a report in the Economic Times (ET) said.
India already has a single-window clearance system for imports.
"You are familiar with the single window on the import side. We are trying to introduce something similar for exports," Vivek Johri, chairman of CBIC told ET.
Several export consignments need to be checked by various regulatory agencies like drug controllers