New Delhi - In a significant Ease of Doing Business measure for exporters, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has removed the requirement of submitting physical duty payment challans while applying for Export Obligation Discharge Certificates (EODC) under the Advance Authorisation (AA) and Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Schemes. Licence-wise voluntary duty payment data received from Customs/ICEGATE has been integrated with DGFT’s online systems, enabling authenticated verification of such payments directly against the concerned authorisation.

For voluntary duty payments made on or after 1 August 2026, exporters will no longer be required to submit . . .