Green Card eligibility extended to senior executives; application requires employer certificate and prescribed appendix documents.
Green Cards may now be issued to regular senior-level employees (e.g., Company Secretary, Managing Director, Vice President, General Manager) provided the firm submits the prescribed application documents together with a firm letter-head certificate signed by a Partner/Director/Proprietor certifying the employee's regular employment, designation and start date; the certificate must follow the template and be enclosed with the Appendix 56 documents.

Electronic filing of export licence applications enables same-day issuance for compliant applicants who submit required hard copies.
Electronic filing of DEPB and Advance Licence applications is available to non-status and Green Card holders; firms receive a secured password after declaring intent and providing IEC and RCMC/Green Card. Applications are submitted via the DGFT website with password authentication, producing a file number and key number. A complete hard copy quoting those numbers must be submitted to the counter; the hard-copy submission date is the date of application and licences will be issued the same day if procedural requirements are met.

Export obligation monitoring: earthquake affected EOU/EPZ/SEZ units granted a blank year, easing compliance for eligible licences.
EOU/EPZ/SEZ units in earthquake affected Gujarat areas are declared to have a blank year for export obligation monitoring, conditional on the relevant licences having been valid at the time of the earthquake; one year amnesty periods where granted run for the year following the event. Additionally, the Notice deletes the split licence facility, adds Chemicals and Allied Products to the Major Export Product Groups, inserts measurement/value columns into export detail tables, corrects DEPB rates and value caps for specified engineering and chemical products, updates a certification agency address, and adds a state export agency to authorised origin issuers.

Monthly Open House Meetings require prior written representations and limited attendance, with grievances referred to the facilitation committee.
Monthly Open House Meetings established to enhance engagement and transparency required detailed representations be submitted at least three days before the meeting, limited participation to 30 persons on prior confirmation, and preferred electronic submission by email with confirmations sent by email or telephone. The Trade Notice was later deleted; exporters with grievances were directed to the Export Facilitation/Grievance Committee meeting monthly and further details are available from the Export Facilitation Cell.

Extension of export shipment deadline for coarse grain; balance quota released for RCAC issuance to eligible exporters.
The last date for shipment/export of coarse grain/maize allowed for export is extended until 30.9.2001 by amendment to the relevant Public Notice. The remaining reserved allocation of 18,571.5 MT is made available for issuance of Registration-Cum-Allotment Certificates (RCACs) by the designated agricultural export authority to STC, STCL and private exporters.

EPCG units export permission allows cotton yarn shipments without count or sourcing restrictions, subject to an overall quantitative ceiling.
EPCG units subject to restrictions on yarn count and sourcing domestic cotton are permitted to export cotton yarn without those restrictions until 31 December 2001, provided such exports remain within the overall quantitative ceiling of 500 million kilograms; this amendment is added to sub paragraph 2(iii)(d) of Public Notice No.51 under Paragraph 4.11 of the Export & Import Policy, 1997 2002.

Standard Input Output Norms: amendments expand and correct SION entries, adding product-specific import export norms and procedural notes.
Amendments to the Standard Input Output Norms require textual corrections, deletions and additions in the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.2, revising existing SION entries across Chemicals and Allied, Engineering and Textile products and inserting new entries via Annexures A, B, C and D; they prescribe detailed product specific input output ratios, allowed import items, and conditions such as CIF value restrictions and AU condition fuel allowances for eligible composite textile units.

Deemed export payment certificate procedure simplified: suppliers may file project-specific or consolidated periodic certificates to ease claims.
Suppliers claiming deemed export benefits may file the payment certificate either for supplies to a particular project or as a consolidated certificate covering all projects for a chosen period (month, quarter or half year), thereby simplifying filing under paragraph 10.15(ii) and addressing prior regional practice; this relaxation applies to the relevant deemed exports effected prior to the indicated implementation cutoff.

Duty-free import exemption for textile inputs when imported for export production or job-work, and for consumables for export permitted.
The restriction on import of textile and textile articles under paragraph eleven of the cited notification does not apply to imports made under Export and Import Policy paragraph 7.5 for duty free import on a job work basis, nor to imports permitted by the customs notification allowing duty free import of lining, interlining and other consumables for exports, subject to the conditions in that customs instrument.

Hand delivery of IEC numbers permitted with prescribed identity and address verification at counter for authorised representatives.
Hand delivery of IEC numbers is permitted if applicants mark "FOR HAND DELIVERY" and submit a self attested identity/address document. Delivery is limited to the person whose attested photograph is on Appendix 2A and who is the Proprietor, Partner, Director, Karta or Trustee. That person must present original documentation at the counter proving the address shown in the relevant columns of Appendix 1 A or 2 A, with accepted originals including passport, ration card, electricity or telephone bill, SSI registration, or Central Excise registration.

Compulsory pre-scrutiny requirement for online licence applications imposed to reduce deficiencies and expedite licence issuance.
Compulsory pre-scrutiny of online export licence applications is instituted to address frequent deficiencies in unscreened electronic submissions and to streamline the licensing process; exporters must submit hard copies of supporting documents at the designated pre-scrutiny counter and may avail same-day licence issuance where compliant.

DEPB rate amendments update export benefit rates and value caps for specified engineering and textile products.
Amendment to Appendix 28A revises DEPB rates and value caps for Product Group Engineering (Code 61), altering rates and caps for specified items and adding new engineering entries with designated DEPB percentages and per kg or per piece caps; and corrects Textile (Code 89) entry 47 to set DEPB rates for fabrics and madeups made of manmade filament and spun yarns. Issued under paragraph 4.11 of the Export and Import Policy 1997-2002 by the Director General of Foreign Trade.

Export liberalization of wheat: removal of quantitative ceilings and designation of authority to issue RCACs for exports.
Wheat exports for 2001-02 are permitted without any quantitative ceilings by exercise of powers under Paragraph 4.11 of the Export & Import Policy 1997-2002; a designated export authority will issue Registration-cum Allocation Certificates (RCACs) to implement the allocation and registration mechanism consistent with referenced ITC(HS) schedule entries.

Deemed export benefits extended for specified petroleum related supplies, enabling advance licences where goods are manufactured in India.
Nominated Agencies may operate airport showrooms for sale of plain and studded jewellery to foreign tourists subject to Customs procedure, a 60 day rule for unsold stock (to be exported or returned) and prescribed minimum value addition. Agencies must provide Customs countersigned sold/unsold statements, agency value certificates and Forward Inward Remittance Certificates; DTA units seeking replenishment must also submit original Customs attested invoices/shipping bills and a prescribed agency certificate. Deemed export benefits are extended to specified goods for petroleum operations, enabling Advance Licences for Deemed Export where goods are manufactured in India.

Export deadline extension for wheat extends permitted shipment period under existing ceiling, amending prior public notice.
The Director General of Foreign Trade, exercising powers under Para 4.11 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, amends paragraph 2(ii) of Public Notice No.17(RE-2001)/1997-2002 to extend the last date for shipment/export of wheat under the specified ceiling to 31st August, 2001, applying to consignments governed by the relevant ITC(HS) entries and conditions.

Extension of export deadline for organic products amends prior public notice under export-import policy authority.
The Director General of Foreign Trade, under Paragraphs 4.11 and 11.1 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, amends Paragraph 2 of Public Notice No. 19(RE-2001)/1997-2002 to state that the provision will be effective from the first day of October, 2001; the amendment is issued in public interest and was later superseded by Public Notice No. 72/2003.

Standard Input Output Norms updated: SION entries amended and new product specific input allowances established for exports.
Amendments modify the Standard Input Output Norms in Handbook of Procedures Vol.2 by deleting, substituting and adding SION entries and correcting import item descriptions and allowed input quantities across Chemicals, Engineering, Food, Plastic and Miscellaneous products. Annexure A records targeted corrections and substitutions to existing norms; Annexures B-F introduce new SION entries with detailed lists of permitted import inputs and quantitative conversion norms. The notice also substitutes Engineering Table 3, revising thickness and zinc coating ranges for CR/GP GC sheets/strips/coils and codifies alternative inputs, conditional allowances and net to net provisions governing import entitlement against exports.

Same-day licence issuance: expedited pre-scrutiny lets exporters obtain specified licences after same-day verification and correction.
Expedited same-day licence issuance permits pre-scrutiny and immediate issuance of IECs, DFRCs, DEPBs, Advance Licences and Diamond REP Licences; applicants must normally hold an office enrolment number, are limited to two same-day submissions per counter, and DEPB/DFRCs considered for same-day issue must have no more than ten shipping bills. Applications must be submitted in the designated morning window, will be scrutinised and either returned with deficiencies or handed over after verification the same day; minor corrections and IEC modifications may be processed similarly. Other applications follow normal processing timelines with file numbers available the next afternoon.

Deemed export benefits withdrawn if external loan for ERSC&C transmission project fails; Power Grid must return benefits.
Amendment conditions the availability of deemed export benefits for the ERSC&C Transmission Project on receipt of the project loan; if the external loan fails to materialise, no deemed export benefits shall be available and Power Grid Corporation must return any such benefits availed under transitional arrangements.

Export quantity ceiling fixed for wheat; APEDA designated to manage registration and allocations under export policy.
Fixation of a quantity ceiling of fifty lakh metric tonnes of wheat for the financial year 2001-2002 under Paragraph 4.11 of the Export & Import Policy 1997-2002, and designation of APEDA to issue Registration-Cum-Allocation Certificates (RCACs) to implement the allocation and registration control over wheat exports.