{"id":86338,"date":"2019-11-05T17:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T12:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11401"},"modified":"2019-11-05T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T12:08:13","slug":"finance-minister-launches-it-initiatives-icedash-and-atithi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/finance-minister-launches-it-initiatives-icedash-and-atithi\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Minister launches IT initiatives ICEDASH and ATITHI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Finance minister has unveiled two new IT initiatives ICEDASH and ATITHI.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why were these initiatives launched?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>These initiatives aims at improving monitoring and pace of customs clearance of imported goods.<\/li><li>They will also facilitate arriving international passengers with e-filing of baggage and currency declarations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About ICEDASH:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ICEDASH is an ease of doing business(EoDB) monitoring dashboard of the Indian Customs helping public see the daily customs clearance times of import cargo at various ports and airports.<\/li><li>It will be an effective tool that can help businesses compare clearance times across ports and plan their logistics accordingly.<\/li><li>The dashboard has has been developed by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC) in collaboration with National Informatics Centre(NIC).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About ATITHI:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ATITHI is a mobile app for international travelers to file the Customs declaration in advance.<\/li><li>Passengers can use this app to file declaration of dutiable items and currency with the Indian Customs even before boarding the flight to India.<\/li><li>The app would in particular create a tech-savvy image of India&#8217;s customs and would encourage tourism and business travel to India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About CBIC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Central board of Indirect taxes(CBIC) was established in 1944.It is the nodal national agency responsible for administering Customs, GST, Central Excise, Service Tax &amp; Narcotics in India.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It is part of the Department of Revenue under Union Ministry of Finance. It is headquartered in New Delhi.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About National Informatics Centre(NIC):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an institute set up by the Indian government in 1976 to drive its technology and e-governance initiatives in the country.<\/li><li>The institute is part of the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology\u2019s Department of Electronics &amp; Information Technology.<\/li><li>NIC has the mandate to set up, implement and support all the information technology led-programs of the central and state governments and other government organizations in In<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Finance minister has unveiled two new IT initiatives ICEDASH and ATITHI. Facts: Why were these initiatives launched? These initiatives aims at improving monitoring and pace of customs clearance of imported goods. They will also facilitate arriving international passengers with e-filing of baggage and currency declarations. About ICEDASH: ICEDASH is an ease of doing business(EoDB) monitoring&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/finance-minister-launches-it-initiatives-icedash-and-atithi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finance Minister launches IT initiatives ICEDASH and ATITHI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3127],"tags":[3912,3913,3914],"class_list":["post-86338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","tag-atithi","tag-finance-ministry","tag-icedash","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704837823},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}