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Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled two new IT initiatives – ICEDASH and ATITHI– for improved monitoring and pace of Customs clearance of imported goods and facilitating arriving international passengers by electronic filing of Customs baggage and currency declarations.

ICEDASH ( Indian Customs Ease of Doing Dashboard)

ICEDASH is an Ease of Doing Business monitoring dashboard of the Indian Customs helping public see the daily Customs clearance times of import cargo at various ports and airports.

With ICEDASH, Indian Customs has taken a lead globally to provide an effective tool that helps the businesses compare clearance times across ports and plan their logistics accordingly.

This dashboard has been developed by CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) collaboration with NIC. ICEDASH can be accessed through the CBIC website.

ATITHI

It is an easy to use mobile app for international travelers to file the Customs declaration in advance.

Passengers can use this app to file declaration of dutiable items and currency with the Indian Customs even before boarding the flight to India. ATITHI is available on both, iOS and Android.

It is also developed by CBIC.

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