Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations - Are they in force?
YESTERDAY, DDT mentioned about the amendment to the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, laying down the procedure for revoking registration of Couriers .
A concerned Netizen points out that the amendment does not practically serve any purpose at this point of time simply because these Regulations, 2010 are yet to be implemented, while the old Courier Regulations, 1998 (manual mode) are still in force.
He informs:
M/s Wipro was entrusted with the task of development of EDI module under the tripartite agreement reached between the Govt. of India (represented by D.G . Systems), M/s EICI , (custodian at the Mumbai and Delhi Courier Terminals ) and M/s WIPRO with the objective of speedy clearance of cargo arriving through the courier mode. The pilot project of automation tried out several times in the past two years at Mumbai and Delhi has failed. The apparent reasons being slow server, inherent problems in the software developed, system does not capture entire data fed by Couriers, etc.
The Courier Import & Export (Clearance) Regulations, 1998 are in force in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and all other stations notified for courier clearance. Hence, Notification No. 65/2012 amending electronic regulations Notification No.36 /2010 will have any relevance only after EDI is introduced.
And this is the fate of our Systems!