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TMI BlogTurant Customs — Turant Suvidha Kendra and Other Initiatives for Contactless CustomsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... med at providing a Faceless, Contactless and Paperless' Customs administration, Board has recently introduced a number of initiatives that leverage technology in order to enhance the effciency in the Customs clearance processes thereby leading to speedy clearances, transparency in decision making, ease of doing business and very Importantly, reduce physical contact in the prevailing pandemic situation. These initiatives include, amongst others, automated clearances of Bills of Entry digrfrsation of Customs documents, paperless clearance, Faceless Assessment and establishment of Turant Suvidha Kendra at Bengaluru and Chennai vide Circulars No.05/2020-Customs, dated 27.01 2020, No. 19/2020-customs, dated 13.04 2020 and No 28/2020-Customs, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... be done during examination, as at present. (iii) One or more TSKs may be set up for the convenience of the trade (iv) Suitable procedures are to be devised for handling & safe keeping of the documents produced at TSKs. Ideally these documents should also be kept in electronic form 4.2. Separate Public Notice is being issued regarding setting up of the TSKs in ICD Tughlakabad (Imports) w.e f. 15 07.2020. 5. At the behest of Board, DG Systems, CBIC has enabled w.e.f. 06 07 2020 certain functionalities in ICEGATE which would reduce the need for physical interaction between Customs and trade and also speed up the Customs clearance process. These new functionalities are explained below. 5.1. Registration of Authorised Dealer Code, Bank ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in ICES within the same working day of receiving the applications, if all requirements are submitted in ICEGATE Further, if any deficiencies are noticed, the same shall be communicated to the exporter via the Customs Automated system, who would then make required rectification through ICEGATE portal. 5.2. Automated debit of bond after Assessment: 5.2.1. Presently, importers or their representatives are required to physically visit Customs House for physical debit of Bonds after the Bill of Entry is returned (to the importer) for the payment of duty. On review, it has been decided to do away with this requirement Instead, ICES would automatically debit the Bond and reflect the same in the first copy of the Bill of Entry, provided the de ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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