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Saturday, November 13, 1999
Govt sets deadline for EDI project
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
MUMBAI, NOV 12: The government has set March 31, 2000, as the deadline for implementation of the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) project to connect international trade regulating agencies. EDI allows documents to exchanged electronically and greatly reduces time required for approvals and clearances. Electronic (paperless) documents also result in lower costs in the long run.Implementation is being reviewed and monitored in agencies like the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Airports Authority of India, ports and scheduled banks, commerce secretary P P Prabhu said on Friday. Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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