Disposal of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)/Drones.

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394/08/2017-Commr.(Inv-Cus.) I/108711/2025 Circular No. 06/2025-Customs 394/08/2017-Commr.(Inv-Cus.) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Investigation-Customs) ***** New Delhi, Dated 04th March, 2025 To, All Pr. Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner, Customs/ Customs (Preventive)/ CGST and Customs Zones, Pr. Commissioner, Directorate of Logistics, Pr. Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence/ Directorate of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence, Webmaster, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. Madam/Sir, Subject:- Disposal of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)/Drones-reg. Kind attention is invited towards CBIC’s Circular No. 32/2019 dated 20.09.2019 amended by Circular No. 05/2024-Customs dated 22.05.2024 on the above-mentioned subject. 2. In partial modification to the said Circular, the following amendments are being made:- (i) Para 4.b. of the said Circular shall be substituted as follows: "All the Drones of all the categories shall be transferred to the warehouses of the following Customs formations, namely, Chennai (Airport), Delhi (IGIA), Kolkata (Airport), Mumbai (Airport) and Bengaluru (Airport & Air Cargo), which shall be the focal Commissionerates for stocking, segregation, joint inspection by all agencies and distribution. For this purpose, all the Customs Zones have been mapped to these focal Commissionerates as indicated at Annexure-A." (ii) Annexure-A of the said Circular shall be substituted by the Annexure appended to this circular as Appendix-I. (iii) Annexure-C of the said Circular shall be substituted by the Annexure appended to this circular as Appendix-II. Yours faithfully Poonam Bhatt Deputy Secretary 394/08/2017-Commr.(Inv-Cus.) I/108711/2025 Annexure-A Appendix-I [CBIC Circular No. 32/2019 dated 20.09.2019 as amended by Circular No. 05/2024-Customs dated 22.05.2024 and Circular No. 06/2025-Customs dated 04.03.2025] Mapping of Customs Zones to the Focal Customs Commissionerates for transfer of confiscated Drones S.No. 1. Customs / Customs & CGST / Customs Preventive Zone Chennai, Tiruchirappalli (P), Thiruvananthapuram (Kochi), Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad Focal Customs Commissionerates Chennai (Airport) 2. Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Patna (P) Mumbai-II, Mumbai-III, 3. Mumbai-I, Ahmedabad, Nagpur 4. Delhi, Delhi (P), Bhopal 5. Bengaluru Kolkata (Airport) Pune, Mumbai (Airport) Delhi (IGIA) Bengaluru (Airport & Air Cargo) 394/08/2017-Commr.(Inv-Cus.) I/108711/2025 Annexure-C Appendix-II [CBIC Circular No. 32/2019 dated 20.09.2019 as amended by Circular No. 05/2024-Customs dated 22.05.2024 and Circular No. 06/2025-Customs dated 04.03.2025] List of Nodal Officers Organization Name of Nodal Designation Contact Details S. No. 1 SPG 2 CRPF 3 NSG Officer Shri Parveen Kumar 1. Sh. Dinesh S.A., 2. Sh. Chandra Shekhar Sharma Maj Nitin Kumar, IC81972L 9582304489 spgtech@nic.in 011-26108330 SSO/Tech 1. Assistant Commandant 2. Deputy Commandant Major 9337254660 4 NTRO Maj DS Sidhu (Retd.) Dy Chief Aviator 8019500111 5 CISF 1. 011-49652036 2. 022-26264729 3. 044-22563702 4. 040-66601424 5. 080-22001521 6. 033-39874560/61 7. 079-22853161 8. 020-26683234 1. Dy. Inspector General 2. Dy. Inspector General 3. Dy. Inspector General 4. Dy. Inspector General 5. Dy. Inspector General 6. Dy. Inspector General 7. Commandant 8. Commandant 1. Sh.Jitender Rana, IPS (Delhi Airport) 2. Shri Deepak Agarwal (Mumbai Airport) 3. Shri Arun Singh (Chennai Airport) 4. Shri Shiv Kumar Mohanka (Hyderabad Airport) 5. Shri Manju Nath, IPS (Bengaluru Airport) 6. Smt. Jayati 394/08/2017-Commr.(Inv-Cus.) I/108711/2025 Ghosh (Kolkata Airport) 7. Shri Rakesh Choudhary (Ahmedabad Airport) 8. Shri Santosh Kumar Suman (Pune Airport) Commandant (NIIE) Commandant Sh. Gautam Kumar (Main) Sh. P. K. Tiwari (Reserve) Col. NR Choudhury Cdr V Bharat Commander Deputy Commandant Deputy Commandant Colonel 6 BSF 7 ITBP 8 Army, Inf Dte / Inf-5 9 O/o JS (Navy and Def Staff), Department of Military Affairs 10 Assam Rifles Lieutenant Colonel Sumit Vashistha, 11 Indian Air Force Gr. Captain Muneesh Sharma (23934- G) Adm General Staff Officer-1 (Equipment Management/ Peace Establishment) Group Captain 12 Delhi Police Sh. Sukhraj DCP/Security(PM) Joint Deputy Director Katewa Sh. Mahakaleshwar Nath Group Captain Ajay Purandare (Retd.) Dr. Nilay Mistry Branch Head, Head, CFDS CFDS 13 Intelligence Bureau 14 Centre for Futuristic Defence Studies (CFDS), National Forensic Room No. 405,4th Floor, Block-10, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 03 email: niie.bsf@bsf.nic.in 011-24352361, 24360922 Fax: 011-24361794 9891165180 8527399681 33821/9671342555 011- 26771392/1311 Fax: 011- 26771367 9617626912 Tele: 011-23010231, IP-21115946 Mob-9810366020 rakshak.vayuyodha@gov.in 8130099021 8920172776 Geospatial.mha@gov.in groupcaptain.ajaypurandare @nfsu.ac.in nilay.mistry@nfsu.ac.in 394/08/2017-Commr.(Inv-Cus.) I/108711/2025 Sciences University (NFSU)

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