Setting up of ICDs/CFSs/AFS

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..... and Air Freight Stations (AFSs). The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Guidelines, 1992 prescribed the requirements for setting up of the ICDs and CFSs. The matters relating to setting up of ICDs/CFSs/AFSs were brought under CBIC in 2018. Accordingly, the Board had reconstituted the Inter-Ministerial Committee vide order issued under F.No. 434/04/2018-Cus.IV dated 20.06.2018. 1.2. In the last .....

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..... hinterland. Many new private ports terminals within the existing ports have come up on both Western and Eastern coasts of the country. The operationalisation of Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridors in near future is expected to completely change the dynamics of cargo movement. 1.4. At present, majority of CFSs are located up to 50 kms away from the port and are concentrated in hig .....

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..... al process; ii. addresses the identified regulatory and logistics concerns associated with the hard and soft infrastructure of ICDs/CFSs/AFSs in India; iii. establishes a framework of functional requirements pertaining to the design and operation of dry ports, as well as establish certain processes to enable sustainable growth of the sector; and iv. aims to lay down appropriate inst .....

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