Maha Guv asks Customs dept to improve ease of doing business

Observing that the role of the Customs department was crucial in preventing explosives, arms and ammunition, contraband and fake currency from entering the country, Maharashtra Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao today hailed the department's contribution.
Rao was speaking at the International Customs Day celebrations organised by the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai at the Yashwantrao Chavan auditorium here today, a Raj Bhavan release said.
Asserting the resolve of the Union government to make India a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025 by removing red tape, the Governor asked the Customs department to further improve the ease of doing business in the country.

He cautioned that newer challenges, such as disruptive technologies like 4D printing, could make borders irrelevant, and asked the Customs to automate infrastructure and simplify procedures, the release said.
He felicitated serving and retired officers and staff of the Customs department and released a coffee-table book brought out by the Customs department, the release added.