Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there had been a paradigm shift in the working of Indian Customs because ease of doing business and trade facilitation were the two key focus areas of the department.
“Adopting a people-centric approach would further augment the transformative process of Customs functioning,” she said in a statement released by the finance ministry on the occasion of International Customs Day.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) observed International Customs Day on Wednesday. The World Customs Organisation’s (WCO) theme this year is “Customs bolstering Recovery, Renewal and Resilience for a sustainable supply chain”.
The programme, held at North Block and organised through a virtual mode, was attended by CBIC chairman M Ajit Kumar, CBIC members, senior officers and field formations, it said.
Source: Hindustan Times
