Simplified Transit procedure for relief supplies destined to Nepal

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....supplies to Nepal for the people affected by the earthquake. Relief supplies are also expected from other countries and international relief organizations.   Keeping in view the requests from various governments and multilateral organizations to send relief supplies to Nepal, the Government of Nepal has been consulted for evolving a simplified procedure for facilitating transit of such relief cargo to Nepal. 2.   Accordingly, the Board has approved a simplified procedure for transit of relief cargo to Nepal, supplied by foreign governments and multi-lateral relief agencies such as UNWFP, Red Cross etc. 3.  Goods  as  are duly certified by Government of Nepal and/or their Embassy/ Consulate General as....

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....for the purposes of transit. g. The simplified procedure would be applicable to goods destined to Nepal via the land Customs stations of Nepalgunj (Rupaidiha), Raxaul, Jogbani, Sanauli and Panitanki. h.  The  simplified procedure for transit is being extended to a limited number of Ports/ Airports/ ICD s in India, which shall be the Airports at Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna, Kolkata & Bagdogra. Similarly, cargo in containers from the ICD at Delhi and Kanpur can be transshipped to Nepal under this procedure.  Also, the Ports of Kolkata and Haldia shall follow this simplified procedure for the special relief cargoes referred here in above. i. Advance filing of CTD shall be permitted. j. The....

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....ustoms/Foreign agency concerned. p.  The  Commissioner  of Customs at the Port/Airport shall evolve a procedure for manual processing & preservations of CTDs. q. Nothing contained in these guidelines shall preclude the customs from examining the goods where there is reason to believe that the goods are not as per CTD or are in violation of any law for the time being in force. However, any such instance will require the express approval of the Commissioner. 4.  The aforesaid simplified procedure for transit of cargo of relief supplies shall be applicable for a period of six months from the issue of this circular and may be extended for a further period as bilaterally agreed between Government of India....

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..../ Letter from Government of Nepal or Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi or Consulate General of Nepal / Letter from Donor Agency addressed to Government of Nepal. Authorization for filing SCTD issued by the Donor agency to be attached, if services of Customs Broker are to be availed. SCTD filed at__________ Customs House Flight No./Name of ship___________ Rotation No.___________ Line No.__________ Name and address of Consignor____________ Name and Address of Donor Agency____________ Name & Address of Importer (Nepal)_____________ Airport / Port / ICD from where goods are to transit to Nepal_____________ Land Customs Station for Transit to Nepal__________ (Raxaul, Jogbani, Panitanki, Sonauli, Nepalgunj) Name of Cust....