Page 8 - Customs

DGS has to take a call on waiving detention charges

The CBIC has also instructed field formations to make special efforts to dispose of all pending refund and drawback claims through a "special refund and drawback disposal drive"

Customs clearance goes paperless, contactless to speed up essentials import

Expedited clearance of raw materials will facilitate the production of essential items like pharmaceuticals in the country

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.

Coronavirus scare: 24x7 customs clearance at all ports, airports till May

Clearance of consignments to and from China can be done at all sea ports 24x7

Redefining law on exemptions

The Customs department so made the software in its Electronic Data Intercharge system that when exemption from BCD was claimed by presenting such scrip, the system automatically allowed it by a debit

Mindless ways of state apparatus

A notification is drafted at a junior level and goes through several layers in the bureaucracy before it is signed by the minister

12 hours to 12 minutes: Customs clearance to take the swift route

The move will result in significant savings in cost and time and help further improve India's ranking in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index

Govt to appoint officers to exclusively handle GST, Customs complaints

Industry and tax experts have hailed the decision saying that the move would ensure an escalation point for taxpayers in case their grievances are not addressed at designated level

Were Customs officials polite? Passengers, give feedback at Delhi airport

Passengers coming from abroad can now give their feedback on these questions at an electronic kiosk inaugurated Wednesday at IGI airport

Customs' sustained improvement pays

India has supported its ambitious reform agenda by regular training to both Customs officials and private sector agents

Concept of inverted duty structure in Customs is a myth

The logic of inverted duty structure is not correct. What is more relevant is the Effective Rate of Protection

Central Information Commission asks Customs to refund fee with interest

Bimal Julka directed refund of the fee collected from Jain along with interest

India to expand customs snoop network in US, three other countries

The decision is aimed at checking trade-related frauds & black money transactions

Customs clearances to get paperless from 2017

CBEC's SWIFT mechanism replaces nine separate documents with one common electronic declaration

Customs seizes air rifles, pistols from foreign post office

Only those who have licence from national and state rifle associations can import air rifles or pistols