The Director General of Foreign Trade through public notice dated 30th July, 2021 has Amended the Foreign Trade Policy(FTP). The Public Notice has published the revised process for online refund of user charges/penalty/other application fees for applying for schemes under FTP. The process for e-miscellaneous payments for any online/offline process where the direct online payment option is not available is also notified.
Online payment of the requisite user charges/Penalty/any other Fee shall be part of the online services that are hosted on the DGFT website(s). The online service workflow when completed shall direct the applicants to the payment gateway for online payment of the specific charges. The online payment options would include Internet Banking, debit cards, credit cards, UPI or any other payment methods as authorized from time to time. No fee shall be payable in respect of any application made by such class or category of applicant as specified in Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules,1993.
