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(c) ICD
(d) Land
Q-942: Short note on Directorate General of Trade Remedies
A-942: The Directorate General of Trade Remedies as an integrated single window agency
for providing comprehensive and swift trade defence mechanism in India.
Q-943: Explain the objectives of Directorate General of Trade Remedies

A-943: Protecting sensitive sectors of the Indian economy against the adverse impact of the
trade liberalisation like dumping and subsidy from any exporting country, by way of carrying
out investigations in a transparent and time bound manner to remove trade distortive
effects to the domestic industry under Customs Tariff Act and World Trade Organisation
framework by way of recommending imposition of Anti-dumping duty and Countervailing
duty to the Government of India.
Q-944: Short note of Directorate General of Systems & Data Management and its responsibilities

A-944: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) have initiated a number of
projects aimed at harnessing Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in achieving
the objectives of Customs and Central Excise administration. These projects are of far
reaching consequence and will alter in a fundamental way, the manner in which the
department delivers its services. The DG (Systems& Data Management) has been entrusted
with the implementation of the projects related to Information & Communication
Technology.
Responsibilities:-

(i) Responsible for the design, development, programming, testing, implementation
and maintenance of Customs and Central Excise automated systems, and for
overseeing and managing the projects sanctioned by CBIC related to IT.

(ii) Responsible for the management of all centrally deployed Customs and Central
Excise computer facilities, hardware, software, data communications in the
automated environment, acts as a point of reference and validation concerning
procedural changes in Customs and Central Excise, in addition to being a resource
centre on business process issues.
(iii) Responsible for identifying and evaluating new technologies for application to
automated systems within the department.

(iv) Responsible for developing and maintaining all policy and subsequently, on the
implementation of centralized systems, the operational aspects of the Department's
Computer Security.

(v) Establishes requirements for computer-to-computer interfaces between the
department and various trading partners and government agencies
(vi) Represents Customs and Central Excise on matters related to automated processing
and systems development
(vii) Implements information resource and data management.
Q-945: Explain the covered areas of Customs functions
A-945: Custom functions cover substantial areas of activities involving international
passengers, general public, importers, exporters, traders, custodians, manufacturers,

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