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Customs allows online clearance for moving laptops from STPI units

The Software Technology Parks of India allow for this approval online, but Customs clearance required one to physically take approval.

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The Customs authorities took prompt action once alerted to the issue, and resolved it within two days. | Representative Image

Neha AlawadhiSubhayan Chakraborty New Delhi
As work from home for information technology (IT) firms gets increasingly feasible, the industry and the government worked together to remove a practical hurdle that required the industry to get Customs approval physically, in addition to an online clearance, in record time.
 
The Customs clearance required for moving equipment like laptops, desktops, etc out of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units was delaying things as the clearance had to be taken in person after a first level of approval online.

The director general of export promotion under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs worked with IT services body National