Single MEIS application soon to ease exporters
The Dollar Business BureauThe CBEC chief said that there would be a single Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) application for all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) ports soon.“In accordance with the objective to boost the ease of doing business in India, Integrated declaration has been created under the Customs single window, where exporters would not be needed to get approval from various other agencies,” informed Najib Shah, Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) at a session organised by Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) in New Delhi on Friday. According to a release issued by FIEO, the CBEC Chairman was quoted as saying that several Partner Government Agencies like Drug Controller, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ...
Government sets up CCFCs at ports to expedite customs clearance
Source: PTI The government has set up Customs Clearance and Facilitation Committees (CCFCs) at ports to ensure expeditious customs clearance of goods to improve ease of doing business for traders. “Ease of doing business: Customs Clearance and Facilitation Committees in ports bringing in systemic improvements. It’s a recent initiative,” Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das said in a tweet. It will facilitate trade at all the major customs seaports and airports. Welcoming the move, exporters body Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said the move will help in getting faster clearances from different agencies. “Traders take clearances from different agencies for exports and imports. These committees will help in resolving matters related to clearances. Any delay in this process impacts traders,” FIEO ...
Indias Ayurveda exports need a strong government push
Satyapal Menon | The Dollar Business There is a need for concerted efforts to make Ayurvedic products accepted as medicines worldwide Just mention Ayurveda and the response is mostly a sense of skepticism and ridicule. This pre-conceived mindset has been inculcated over centuries, through ignorance and neglect of a system of medicine that had proved its curative values eons before the dawn of modern medicine. Unfortunately, despite its intrinsic efficacy and potency, Ayurveda products are yet to get global recognition as a medication for various ailments. The reasons for Ayurveda not being accorded the priority it deserves ironically emanates from the country of its origin - India. Efforts by institutions and government departments to promote Ayurvedic products, though sustained, have ...
