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Circular No.24/2020-Customs

F. No.450/148/2015-Cus IV(Pt-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs)
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Room No.229A, North Block, New Delhi.
New Delhi, dated the 14
th
of May, 2020
To,
All Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Preventive),
All Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central tax,
All Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Preventive),
All Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of Customs & Central tax,

Madam/Sir,

Subject: Implementation of PGA e-SANCHIT– Paperless Processing under SWIFT-Uploading
of Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by PGAs - reg.

“e-SANCHIT” application is successfully in operation since 01.04.2018. With the
objective of further reducing physical interface between Customs/regulatory agencies and the
trade and to increase the speed of clearance in both imports & exports, a facility to upload digitally
signed Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations (LPCOs) by Participating Government
Agencies (PGAs) on e-SANCHIT at all ICES locations across India was introduced from
16.11.2018 vide Circular No. 44/2018-Cus. dated 13.11.2018. In this regard, kindly refer to
Board’s Circular No.13/2019-Cus. dated 03.06.2019, Circular No.19/2019-Cus. dated16.07.2019,
Circular No.03/2020-Cus dated 15.01.2020 and Circular No. 11/2020-Cus. dated 10.02.2020.
Already 50 PGAs have been enabled for uploading their LPCOs on e-SANCHIT.

2. Now, 1 more PGA namely Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI) with its LPCOs as
detailed below is being brought onboard e-SANCHIT-
Sr.No.
Document
Code
Document Name Document Description PGA Code

1
101RN1
Certificate of
Registration
Certificate of Registration
issued by RNI for registering
the publisher/Owner.
RNI
2 911RN1
Self declaration
certificate for
Import
Self Declaration Certificate is
submitted by the
Publisher/Owner of the
newspaper and authenticated
by RNI before importing the
newsprint.
RNI

With the above, the total number of PGAs on Board e-SANCHIT as on date becomes 51.

3. Since the facility to upload the LPCOs is now being fully made available to RNI, the
beneficiaries i.e. importer/exporters/customs brokers would not be allowed to upload the
previously issued LPCOs on e-SANCHIT w.e.f 31.05.2020. Further, to facilitate the members of
the trade (beneficiaries), the RNI is required to upload the LPCOs issued by them during the last
15 days from above cut-off date. Any LPCOs issued on a prior date may also be uploaded by the
RNI on e-SANCHIT, in order to enable the beneficiary to utilize the same.

4. It is reiterated that the PGA will be communicating with the beneficiaries through the e-mail
addresses registered in the ICEGATE. Board had also introduced simplified auto registration
process in ICEGATE based on email ids already provided by them for registration under GST
without the use of digital signatures for limited purposes of e-SANCHIT (communication and
viewing) and the IRNs will be communicated to such email ids. In this regard, kindly refer to
Board’s Circular No.35/2018-Cus. dated 01.10.2018 and Circular No. 14/2019-Cus. dated
03.06.2019. Since the facility of beneficiary uploading these documents through e-SANCHIT will
be deactivated from 31.05.2020, beneficiary registration is of utmost importance. Hence, all the
formations are requested to reach out to the beneficiaries to ensure that correct email addresses
are reflected in the ICEGATE. Special efforts may be taken for wide publicity in this regard.

5. All Chief Commissioners of Customs are requested to issue public notices. Feedback and
queries, if any, may be sent by email to icegatehelpdesk@icegate.gov.in.

6. Any difficulties, in this regard, may be brought to the notice of the Board.




Yours faithfully,



(Eric C Lallawmpuia)
OSD Cus IV