The Directorate General of Foreign Trade vide its notification dated 28th October 2020 has decided to introduce various revamped DGFT services into the new DGFT IT platform. The objective of introducing these revamped systems is to provide paperless, digital, efficient and transparent services to the exporters and importers, and to further the overall goal of Trade Facilitation and Digital India.
The online process relating to entire lifecycle of Advance Authorisation, EPCG & DFIA including their paperless Exports Obligation Discharge (EODC) shall be rolled out soon. The new platform is accessible through user-based IDs for applying online. All IEC holders are encouraged to create login IDs through an online registration process preferably well before the roll out of next phase of the platform in the 2-3 weeks.
Further Only the Aadhaar e-sign of the proprietors/directors/partners/Karta etc. as mentioned on their IEC may be used for Aadhaar based authentication. IEC holders are further required to update the Profile details using the ‘Manage Profile’ option. Details related to Industrial Registrations, Export Performance details and other should be duly filled in.
