India Switches to Online Module for Import Authorization of Restricted Items

India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade switched, effective March 22, to a new online module for filing of electronic applications for import authorizations of restricted goods, it said in a March 23 trade notice. The DGFT Udyog Bhawan office in New Delhi will issue restricted item import authorization. All pending applications have been moved to the new module and any pre-March 22 import request seeking revalidation or amendment may be submitted directly to the relevant regional authority of DGFT.