The url www.indianpcs.gov.in was launched by Sanjay Bhatia, Chairman IPA in the presence of various stakeholders from Mumbai

The system enables single sign on facility to provide one stop interface to all the functionalities across all stakeholders. Another major feature is the deployment of a world class state of the art payment aggregator solution which removes dependency on bank specific payment eco system.

This system will enable trade to have an improved communication with the customs as they have also embarked on an Application Programming Interface (API) based architecture, thereby enabling real time interaction.

This System offers a database that acts as a single data point to all transactions. Itcaptures and stores data on its first occurrence thereby reducing manual intervention, the need to enter transaction data at various points and thereby reducing errors in the process. It is estimated that this feature alone will reduce 11/2 to 2 days in a life of transaction. The application will have a cascading effect in reducing dwell time and overall cost of transaction. The platform has the potential to revolutionize maritime trade in India and bring it at par with global best practices and pave the way to improve the Ease of Doing Business world ranking and Logistics Performance Index (LPI) ranks.

A major training and outreach program is under way to educate the stakeholders about the uses and benefits of ‘PCS 1x'.

This system is also an initiative that support green initiatives by reducing dependency on paper. The web-based platform has been developed indigenously and is a part of the ‘Make in India' and ‘Digital India' initiative of the Hon'ble Prime Minister.

The Ministry of Shipping is separately issuing order to make usage of the PCS platform mandatory.

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