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Measures taken for improving ease of doing business under Make in India-Reg.
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....usiness and appreciation of the same by the members of Trade and Industry. The department has been pro-actively taking measures to make administration taxpayers friendly. However, the appreciation by the members of Trade and Industry is inadequate. It seems that the propagation of measures taken by the department for providing the taxpayer friendly administration to the Trade and Industry is not enough. 3. Hence, in order to propagate the measures taken by the department are mentioned below for information and appreciation: Tariff Measures A. In order to achieve the objective of job creation through revival of growth and investment and promotion of domestic manufacturing and "Make in India", the following measures were taken: ....
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....in) from 7.5% to 12.5% and refined edible oils (of vegetable origin) from 15% to 20%. * Basic Customs Duty was increased on ghee, butter and butter oil from 30% to 40% for a period upto and inclusive of the 31 st day of March, 2016. * Basic Customs Duty of 10% was imposed on wheat which was later increased to 25% for a period upto 31.03.2016. C. The objective of improving the quality of life and public health through Swachh Bharat initiatives was achieved by the following measures: * Clean Energy Cess levied on coal, lignite and peat was increased from Rs. 100 per tonne to Rs. 200 per tonne. * Concessional Customs and Excise Duty rates on specified parts of Electrically Operated Vehicles and Hybrid Veh....
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....d by trust and set of agreed interface specifications in which trade has seamless access to regulatory services delivered through electronic means. Benefits of Single Window Scheme include ease of doing business, reduced costs, enhanced transparency, reduced duplicity and cost of compliance and optimal utilisation of resources. In this direction, with effect from 01.04.2015 an electronic online message exchange facility has been established between Customs and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Department of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage (PQIS) providing for real time seamless online exchange of information, including no objections, with/from these agencies. From February 2016 Animal Quarantine, Text....
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....s of Bills of Entry, Shipping Bills, Import General Manifests, Export General manifests and Consol Manifests. * Reduction in mandatory documents for imports and exports: To facilitate trade and to simplify procedures, number of mandatory documents have been reduced and only three mandatory export and import documents prescribed. However, for import and export of. special nature under preferential agreements etc., the requisite documents Will be required to be submitted. * Setting Up of Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee (CCFC): To ensure expeditious clearance and identifying and resolving bottlenecks in clearance of EXIM goods a high level administrative Committee i.e. 'Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee....
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....so provides duty calculator and compulsory compliance requirements pertaining to various allied Acts administered by Customs in relation to cross-border movements of goods. C. Initiatives in the area of dispute resolution: A number of initiatives have been taken to enable effective and speedy dispute resolution and to facilitate the Trade and Industry. Some of the important initiatives are: * The threshold limits below which appeals are not be filed by the department in CESTAT (Tribunal) and High Courts have been raised to Rs. 10 lakhs and Rs. 15 lakhs respectively. * Withdrawal of cases in High Court and CESTAT where there is precedent Supreme Court decision, against which no review is contemplated. * Zonal Ch....