Digital Signature Certificates are easy to be used on ICEGATE (Indian Customs EDI Gateway) portal. Indian Customs EDI Gateway (ICEGATE) helps the user to register their organizations on the Indian Customs EDI system website. All the individuals, whether they are any Importers/Exporters/CHAs/Airlines/Shipping Agents etc. or any trade partners (Banks, Custodians/FSSAI, etc.) or Government Agencies (DGFT/Ministry of Steel, etc.), connect ICEGATE for document filing, data sharing under Customs Business Process or for administrative, statistical, and analytical or political purpose.
That’s how the DSC for ICEGATE comes into play. It provides Remote EDI Services (RES) to the trade and industry for filing documents, data exchange, e-payment, status inquiry, document tracking, query-reply, etc.
To beat the challenges like an impersonation of the identity of the registered user, tracing the identity of users, misuses of the credibility of accredited clients, etc. there was a requirement to implement digital signature for the documents/ messages receiving/forwarding electronic to and fro the customs business partners, stakeholders, and other Govt. Agencies. With the help of class 3 DSC for ICEGATE, you can make your ICEGATE filling work easy and convenient.
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You can use the Class 3 Digital Signature Certificates for ICEGATE for the reasons: