K’taka govt appoints Nodal officers to coordinate import of COVID-19 relief items

Bengaluru: The State Government has appointed Nodal Authority to issue an Authorization certificate for exemption from import duty for relief material pertaining to COVID-19 containment and management.

The Nodal Authority constitutes of Uma Mahadevan, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development and Priyanka Mary Francis, IAS, Commissioner, Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development.

In view of the significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the second wave, the Union Government has given exemption from customs duty for importing free of cost essential relief material pertaining to COVID-19 containment and management from foreign countries. Those who are interested to import essential relief material free of cost for COVID-19 have to obtain authorization certificate for exemption from customs duty for such goods

The applications in this regard may be submitted in prescribed format through the following link https://karnatakafightscorona.org/#/import-authorization

For more information and queries send an email to importnodal.kar@gmail.com