Online Payment
Facility for DGFT Application Fees through Credit/ Debit Cards
In
keeping with the Digital India vision of Hon'ble
Prime Minister, and taking yet another small but crucial step towards
paperless, online functioning in 24x7 environment, Directorate General of
Foreign Trade(DGFT) today launched the facility of online payment of
application fees through Credit/Debit cards and electronic fund transfer from
53 Banks (List annexed). The facility of online payment was launched by
Commerce Secretary Ms. Rita A.Teaotia.
Now
with the online payment facility being available from 53 banks as well as
Credit and Debit cards, it would be possible to not only apply online for
benefits under various schemes under Foreign Trade Policy but also make payment
of the required application fee online, thus totally obviating the need to
visit the offices of DGFT or banks for submission of applications. With the
launch of this new facility applicants can now pay fees online to DGFT through
their Credit /Debit Cards or through net banking in a 24x7 environment, from
the comfort of their homes/offices or IT kiosks. This facility would also make
the field offices of DGFT paperless to a large extent and enable them to
function in 24*7 environment, while saving extra
expenditure on storage space. It would also ensure transfer of the fee amount
into government account on T+1 working day, avoiding undue delay in deposit of
bank drafts etc.
DGFT
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Central Bank of India, that will provide payment gateway services to the online
portal of DGFT to enable applicants/ exporters/ importers to pay their
application fees through Credit/Debit Cards or through net banking. The Central
Bank of India will thus:
(i) Provide facility for collection of fee
through online portal of DGFT from banks through internet banking, debit cards
and credit cards;
(ii) Provide e-challans,
banks scrolls, transaction IDs for all successful transactions
(iii) Refund amount to the applicant within 3 days,
in case of failed transactions;
(iv) Provide
all relevant details for seamless integration with the PAO and subsequent
reconciliation with banks and RBI; and
(v) Transfer the funds as per remittance norms of
T+1 working day.
The
charges applicable for using internet banking, debit /credit cards will be as
follows:
|
Transaction
Processing Charges |
Visa
/ Master Card Credit card transaction: 1.45%
of payment amount per transaction. Visa
/ Master Card/Rupay Debit Card transactions: For
transaction amount upto Rs.2000/- -:
0.75% of payment amount per transaction. For
transaction amount above Rs.2000/- -:
1.00% of payment amount per transaction. Net
Banking Transactions: For
transaction amount upto Rs.10,000/- -: Nil For
transaction amount above Rs.10,000/- -:Rs.
14/- per transaction / across all banks Service
tax would be extra |