Green Channel facility for Cruise Tourism passengers

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..... Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner of Customs (Preventive) Principal Director General of Revenue Intelligence, New Delhi Subject: Green Channel facility for Cruise Tourism passengers - Reg. Sir, Cruise tourism in India and the efforts to boost it have been engaging the attention of the Government for quite some time. It is an emerging initiative and a very potent source of earning foreig .....

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..... rmission to foreign flag ships carrying passengers to call at more than one Indian port for a period of ten years (copy enclosed). Thus, this relaxation allows foreign cruise ships/ vessels to transport Indian Nationals from one Indian port to another Indian port. Board has, therefore, decided that in view of the relaxation given by the Ministry of Shipping, Indian Nationals should be allowed to t .....

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..... to the Director General of Shipping and a letter No. DC/Cruise Cabotage/ 2014 dated 3.12.14 on the above subject. In this connection it is mentioned that in order to promote cruise shipping in India and keeping in view the unparalleled growth of cruise shipping world-wide, the Ministry of Shipping Govt. of India has considered relaxation of the provisions of section 407(1) of the Merchant Shippin .....

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