| Date: |
04-01-2016
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| Notification No: |
CUSTOMS INSTRUCTION
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| Issuing Authority: |
Indian Customs
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| Type: |
Instruction
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| File No: |
F. No. 450/214/2015-Cus IV |
| Subject: |
Regarding Green Channel facility for Cruise Tourism passengers
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
Instruction
New Delhi, Dated the 04th January, 2016
North Block, New Delhi
To
All Principal Chief Commissioner/Chip Commissioner of Customs
All Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner of Customs (Preventive)
Principal Director General of Revenue Intelligence New Delhi
Subject: Green Channel facility for Cruise Tourism Passengers- Reg
Sir,
Cruise tourism in India and the efforts to boost it have been engaging the
attention of the Government for quit some time. It is an emerging initiative and
a very potent source of earning foreign exchange and measure to generate the
direct and indirect employment in the maritime States of India. This form of
tourism caries in itself a lot promise towards further popularizing tourism
sector in the coastal India.
- Keeping in view the emerging potential of the Coastal Shipping in
general and Cruise tourism in particular, board has decided to allow green
channel facility to
all the International Cruise Passengers who come onshore for tourism
purposes.
- It has also come to the knowledge of the board that at some at some port,
domestic passengers who wish to travel between Indian Ports in foreign
Cruise vessel are
not allowed to do so. Directorate General of Shipping in the Ministry of
Shipping has vide order No. Sr-11021/1/2009-MG dated 6.2.09 granted cabotage
relaxation
permission to foreign flag ships carrying passengers to call at more than
one Indian port for a period of ten years (copy enclosed). Thus, this
relaxation allow
foreign cruise ships/ vessels to transport Indian National from one Indian
port to another Indian port. Board has, therefore, decided that in view of
the relaxation
given by the ministry of Shipping, Indian Nationals should be allowed to
travel from one Indian port to another Indian port in a foreign cruise ship/
vessels during
its domestic leg for tourism purpose.
- Difficulties in the implementation of these instruction may be brought to
the knowledge of the Board.
Yours faithfully
(Zubair Riz)
Director Customs
F.No. 450/214/2015-Cus IV
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