Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) facility at the Land Customs Stations of the North Eastern Regions through virtual mode for enhancing ease of doing business and facilitating regional trade, from New Delhi, tomorrow.

Thereafter, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) would conduct a ceremony for handing over Customs-seized antiquities to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in presence of the Union Finance Minister.  A total of 101 antiquities shall be handed over to different zonal units of ASI at 7 locations across the country viz. Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Delhi, Guwahati, Mumbai and Pune.

Electronic Data Interchange rollout at land customs stations expands trade facilitation and regional ease of doing business. The Finance Minister will inaugurate Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) at Land Customs Stations in the North East to enhance ease of doing business and regional trade, and CBIC will hand over 101 Customs seized antiquities to Archaeological Survey of India zonal units at seven locations, evidencing coordination between customs enforcement and cultural property custodianship.