New Delhi, Nov 16 (KNN) The commerce ministry, for the third time, has extended the deadline till March next year for fourteen sea ports including JNPT, Kandla, Mumbai, Tuticorin and Vishakhapatnam  to install radiation monitors and container scanner.

In addition, ports which fail to meet the deadline will be derecognized for the purpose of import of un-shredded metallic scrap, with effect from April 1, 2019.

"The period of installation and operationalisation of radiation portal monitors and container scanner in the designated ports is extended up to March 31, 2019,"said Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)

The 14 ports are Chennai, Cochin, Ennore, JNPT, Kandla, Mormugao, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Paradip, Tuticorin, Vishakhapatnam, Pipava, Mundra and Kolkata.