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 ..... a and Other Initiatives for Contactless Customs - reg. Under its flagship 'Turant Customs' programme aimed 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 efficiency 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, digitisation of Customs documents, paperless clearance, Faceless Assessment and establishment of Turant Suvidha Kendra at Bengaluru and Chennai vide Circul ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... al situation the physical submission of documents is required by Customs, for defacement or validation, such submission would be made only at the TSKs. (ii) Documents requiring verification during examination for validation with goods would continue to 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. 3.2. The Principal Chief Commissioners of Customs/ Chief Commissioners of Customs are advised to give wide publicity regarding the place, timings and contact details of the TSKs. 4. At the behest of Board, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ICEGATE portal at https://www.icegate.gov.in/Download/Bank_Account_Management_Advisory.pdf. 4.1.3. The Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs is advised to ensure that the concerned Customs officer completes the approval process for registration/updation of the Authorised Dealer (AD) Code and Bank Account(s) details 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. 4.2. Automated debit of bond after Assessment: 4.2.1. Presently, importers or their representatives are required to p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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