Digitisation of port sector can enable the structured growth and sustainable development and management of ports to attract investments. Discuss (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· The Government has given a strong push to port modernisation, mechanisation and digitalisation, with a number of ease of doing business initiatives.
· The revamped port community system (PCS), PCS1x, is expected to connect and provide real-time information to stakeholders on a single platform.
Key measures
· The introduction of web-based e-forms
· Direct port delivery and direct port entry
· Installation of container scanners
· Radio frequency identification-based systems for gate automation
· Digitalisation of land records and launch of a single-window interface for facilitating trade.
· The CargoX Platform for Blockchain Document Transfer (BDT) was successfully tested by Portall Infosystems and India’s global shipping stakeholders to transfer electronic bills of lading.
· CargoX and Portall Infosystems have also entered into a partnership to digitalize the processing of bills of lading and the transfer of trade documents.
· e-SANCHIT (e-Storage and computerised handling of indirect tax documents) was aimed at reducing human intervention.
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Try to include about Radio frequency identification tag (RFID), installation scanner etc. Keep Writing.
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