To improve surveillance, airlines asked to share PNR details with Customs

National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger has been established by CBIC to process PNR info for risk analysis of passengers

The Centre has mandated airlines to share with the Customs department records of passengers, who are travelling on international flights to and from India, from August 8. The move, aimed at conducting “risk-analysis” of passengers for improving surveillance, would help the department track and prevent increased cases of smuggling.

In a notification issued on Monday, the nodal authority of the Customs department — the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) — said, “Every aircraft operator is now required to provide PNR details to National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger (NCTC-P). This would be not later than 24 hours before the