New Delhi: On March 31, 1997, India's new Export/Import (EXIM) Policy 1997-2002 was released on the World Wide Web (WWW), (URL: http://www.nic.in/eximpol) by the Hon'ble Minister of Commerce, Dr BB Ramaiah. A floppy containing EXIM Policy 1997-2002 along with the Hand Book of Procedures and Input-Output Norms was also presented by Dr N Seshagiri, Special Secretary, Planning Commission and Director General NIC, to the Commerce Minister for formal release. The new EXIM Policy on NICNET/Internet would be regularly updated with the public notices issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). The floppy containing the EXIM Policy; the Handbook of Procedures and Input-Output Norms, in the form of text files can be loaded on a computer system and queried using its search engine for the relevant item. During the Press Conference after the release, the Commerce Minister emphasised on the time bound modernization of all the 32 offices of DGFT by NIC during the year 1997. This would facilitate computer based on-line processing of all applications, filing of application through NICNET and introduction of Electronic Data Interchange in the DGFT offices.