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Friday, April 2, 1999
Customs stir stalls cargo clearance
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
MUMBAI, April 1: The government's new Exim policy received a setback on the very first day as over 600 appraising officers and examiners of Customs at airport cargo, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, and Mumbai went on a flash strike, bringing clearance of export and import goods in the city to a standstill.The strike call was given by Bombay Customs Appraising Officers' Association (BCAOA) and All India Customs Direct Recruit and Appraisers' Association (AICA) to protest sacking of BCAOA general secretary D N Shukla on March 31, 1999.Shukla, who in 1990 was involved in a case of overvaluation of five shipping bills of readymade garments under the Drawback Scheme, was found guilty of the charges and removed from service nine years after the incident. Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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