Figure 45 Land custom stations in NE-India

LAND CUSTOM STATIONS(LCS)

The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, notifies land customs stations on international borders in accordance with Section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962. State governments typically develop trading facilities in Land Custom Stations using funds from the Department of Commerce's scheme. Some Land Customs Stations are inoperable. The trade that passes through them is not very robust, and the volumes are uneven. There is no centralized authority over the land customs stations. The LCS serves as a link between neighbouring countries. It is critical that the LCS architecture reflects the nation's shared ties to its neighbours.(MHA 2011)

The Land Ports Authority of India, or LPAI, is a statutory body (established by the Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010) that works under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, and is in charge of developing, upgrading, maintaining, and managing border infrastructure in India. It manages a number of Integrated Check

Posts (ICPs) across India's borders.

Figure 45 Land custom stations in NE-India

Land Customs Stations (LCS) operate with minimal infrastructure along India's 15,104kilometer land border. Low-scale infrastructure at these LCS is impeding passenger and cargo movement. The National Trade Facilitation Action Plan 2017-20 mandated LPAI to conduct a detailed infrastructure gap analysis and resolve issues related to logistics and infrastructure improvement at Land Custom Stations (LCS)/Integrated Check Posts (ICP).