Question : AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR EXPORTS



(a) whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposes to set up an automated and unified data processing and monitoring system for all exports from the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof ;

(c) the details of the irregularities reported on the mis-match between the declared value and the amount processed by the banks; and

(d) the action taken / being taken thereon?

Answer given by the minister


The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Namo Narain Meena)

(a)& (b): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that they have decided to set up an automated and unified data processing and monitoring system for all exports from the country. Under this system, all the data will flow first to “Dedicated server of RBI” and thereafter pushed by RBI to the Authorised Dealer (AD) banks through a fresh ‘Secured RBI website’ for further follow up by the AD banks with exporters. Subsequently, the documents submission and realisation data will be reported back by the AD banks to RBI through the same “Secured RBI website” so as to update the RBI data base on real time basis to facilitate quicker follow up / data generation / policy formulation by RBI regarding export. This will involve ‘two way’ traffic of data to and from a separate server at RBI without interfering in any way with the dedicated RBI server. Data flow would be continuous.

(c): The statistics on unmatched transactions in respect of DTR, GR, and SOFTEX forms for the period 2010-11 as on 30.06.2011 as reported by RBI are given as under:-

DTR##	GR##	SOFTEX##
No. Of Amount No. Of Amount No. Of Amount transac (Rs. In transactions (Rs. In transact (Rs. In tions lakh) lakh) ions lakh) Customs 2393835 29882578 150065 32002516 170993 15653583 Unma tched (Total) Unma 1350934 19687783 122827 23345005 163394 15133749 tched (%) 56.43 65.88 81.85 72.95 95.56 96.68
## DTR stands for ‘Direct Transaction Receipt’. The data under GR denotes the data received through GR forms filed with customs. The data under SOFTEX denotes the software exports and reported through SOFTEX form.

(d) Presently, RBI has a system of follow up with AD banks, who in turn take it up with the exporter concerned. RBI has informed that once the proposed system is set-up, ADs should use the export transaction data provided by RBI to regularly update the status of (i) receipt of document and (ii) receipt of export proceeds for the transactions pertaining to them, in the RBI system. The proposed system, it is expected on account of one time data entry with respect to shipping bill details, will take care of such mismatches.