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6500/7500 SCALE FROM 1.1.1996 OF INCOME TAX AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT IS POSTED FOR TODAY IE.21.06.2022

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

YET ANOTHER SEIZURE BY HYDERABAD CUSTOMS




PRESS RELEASE
                Based on intelligent profiling, the officers of Customs Air Intelligence Unit,B-Batch, RGIA, Hyderabad, in the early hours of 31.07.2013 intercepted at the exit gate, a passenger by name Shri. Tamboli Muhammed Rafiq Karim of Dongri, Mumbai who arrived from Dubai by Fly Dubai Flight FZ-0435. The passenger opted to pass through the Green Channel which is meant for passengers having nothing to declare or not in possession of any dutiable goods. On questioning by the officers, about possession of any dutiable / prohibited goods, the passenger denied and replied in negative.  However, detailed examination the officers recovered  1042 Gms of Rhodium Polished  gold chains  which were deftly concealed in the sole of his footwear (sandals).  The total value of seized goods is Rs.35 Lakhs. The passenger was interrogated and he admitted the offence.  Further follow-up investigation to nab the kingpin behind the smuggling is going on.

The entire operation was done under the guidance of Shri. R. Manohar, IRS, Additional Commissioner. Assistant / Deputy Commissioners Shri. R.Kalyan & E.V.N Reddy, have supervised the operation. Shri. A.Lakshmi Kanthan & Shri.P.Uma Shankar, Air Customs Superintendents of Air Intelligence Unit effected the seizure. Shri. R.K. Meena, Air Customs Officer has assisted in the said operation.

HYDERABAD INSPECTORS' 2ND ICT ORDER

ICT - 2nd Order


Tuesday, July 23, 2013

GOLD WORTH 25 LAKHS SEIZED FROM PAX BY HYDERABAD CUSTOMS




PRESS RELEASE

            Based on intelligence based profiling, the officers of Customs Air Intelligence Unit,B-Batch, RGIA, Hyderabad,  intercepted at the exit gate, a passenger by name Shri. Syed Daulath Hussain of Alipur, Karnataka State who arrived from Bangkok by Thai Airways Flight TG-329  on 23.7.2013. The passenger opted to pass through the Green Channel which is meant for passengers having nothing to declare or not in possession of any dutiable goods. On questioning by the officers, about possession of any dutiable / prohibited goods, the passenger denied and replied in negative.  However, on personal search  of the passenger, the officers recovered 1 Kg gold bar which was concealed in the under garment of the passenger.  The total gold thus recovered is approximately valued at Rs.25 Lakhs.  The passenger was interrogated and he admitted the offence.  Further follow-up investigation to nab the kingpin behind the smuggling is going on.

The entire operation was done under the guidance of Shri. R. Manohar, IRS, Additional Commissioner. Deputy/Assistant Commissioners Shri. E.V.N. Reddy, IRS & A. Dhileeban. IRS, have supervised the operation. Shri. A.Lakshmi Kanthan & Shri.P.Uma Shankar, Air Customs Superintendents of Air Intelligence Unit effected the seizure and Shri. R.K. Meena, Air Customs Officer has assisted in the operation.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

SCREENING COMMITTEE ON MACP - HYDERABAD CCA

IT WAS PROPOSED TO CONDUCT SCREENING COMMITTEE ON  MACP FOR THE OFFICERS COMPLETING 10/20/30 YEARS BY 30.9.2013. AS PER THE INFORMATION RECEIVED THE CCA HYDERABAD IS PLANING TO INCLUDE THE OFFICERS ELIGIBLE UP TO 31.3.2014. SINCE ALL THE VIGILANCE CLEARANCES OF  EFFECTED OFFICERS UPTO 31.3.2013 ARE TO BE RECEIVED FROM COMMISSIONERATES, THE PROCESS MAY BE DELAYED BY FEW DAYS.    

Latest update on cadre restructuring in CBEC

Latest update on cadre restructuring in CBEC - news has been received from Sri Debobroto Mondal, Organising Secy., AICEIA, WB Circle, who is now in Delhi, that the file containing cadre restructuring proposal is awaiting COS's meeting which is likely to be held on 7th of August '13. Once it is passed by the COS, it would go to the Cabinet for approval and then to the Implementation Cell for implementation. Apprehension is there about the role of DOPT in the proposed meeting. 

It is further gathered that the Income Tax Staff side 'ITGOA' & 'ITEF' are in Delhi and they are planning to protest against the restructuring in the CBDT which is in the process for implementation.

The most important of all : the point resolved by the AICEIA in the year 2011 i.e. to resolve the ratio for promotion to the grade of Assistant Commissioner the revised recruitment rule has been finalized and in all probability from the next promotion to the grade of Assistant Commissioner the revised ratio would be applicable. Now, the job left is to have review DPC for all the promotion from 1996 onward.

Courtesy: Com. Dina Nath Kar 

Friday, July 12, 2013

Expected DA from July 2013 for central government employees

Since the implementation of 6CPC from 1-1-2006, the consumer price index number for industrial worker is not coming down ever but it is increasing month by month. Similarly the rate of dearness allowance paid to central government employees also increasing at the interval of every six months period. The rate of dearness allowance was at zero level on 01-01-2006. After six years from implementation of 6CPC, now the dearness allowance stands at 80% level. The average increase in the dearness allowance is at the rate of 13% per year. Actually there is nothing to rejoice over the increase of dearness allowance. The Dearness allowance is nothing but the reflection of consumer price index. Likewise the consumer price index is determined by increase in the prices of basket of identified essential commodities. The increase of CPI number is not good any way for either the government employees or common people. Whatever the money the central government employees are supposed to get from the dearness allowance hike will be swallowed by the essential commodities for which they have to spend every month, since the prices of all the essential commodities are increasing at the alarming rate.
Now everyone eyes at the expected dearness allowance from July 2013. It is now 80 percent of AICPI Numbers from which the rate of DA has to be arrived has been released. The AICIN for Industrial Workers for two more months are yet to be released to confirm the exact rate of Dearness Allowance going to be approved by the central government. The average of AICPIN for IW from the month of July 2012 to June 2013 will determine the rate of dearness allowance to be paid from July 2013. So look at the Consumer price Index numbers from June 2012 given below
MonthJul-2012Aug-2012Sep-2012Oct-2012Nov-2012Dec-2012Jan-2013Feb-2013Mar-2013Apr-2013May-2013Jun-2013
AICPIN212214215217218219221223224226--
The formula for calculating dearness allowance is:
( Avg of AICPI for the past 12 months – 115.76)*100/115.76
To find out the average CPI for 12 months we need remaining two months CPI numbers. Let us assume that if the remaining two months AICPI numbers stands at 226 levels, the average AICPI for 12 months is 220.0833.
If we apply this in the formula given above the answer is = 90.120
From this it is now very much clear that, even though if there is no change in the position of AICPI numbers for remaining two months, if it happened to continue in the same level of 226 points for remaining two months, the increase in the rate of dearness allowance will be 10% for the next six months starts from July 2013. According to this, the expected dearness allowance from July 2013 for central government employees will not be less than 90% level.
     So it is expected that the dearness allowance will be increased from existing 80% to 90% level from July 2013. With this 10% increase in dearness allowance, the annual increment for the year 2013  will also be granted for all the central government employees from July 2013.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

UPDATE ON CADRE RESTRUCTURING BY COM. LOK NATH MISHRA

We have informed that the meeting of Committee of Secretaries under the chairmanship of Cabiet Secretary relating to approval of Cadre Restructuring of CBEC was just completed and 
the minutes of such meeting would be reverted back to CBEC on 10.07.2013. But we are sorry to inform you that the present DOPT Secretary was previously Additional Secretary of DOPT , and he was instrumental in making cut from the orginal proposal.
He (along with a note for approval of the proposal cleared by DOPT previously) went to Cabinet Secretary and pleaded for approval. But Cabinet Secretary wanted  opinion from Revenue Secretary ,who is at present on leave. Hence CR file is still with Cabinet Secretary. Mean while we met Cabinet Secretary along with one MP and pleaded for approvlaof CR as recommended by FM. Somehow Cabinet Secretary is convinced.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

CUSTOMS ALLOWANCES TO PASSENGERS



FINALLY IMPLEMENTATION ORDER FOR CBDT RESTRUCTURING PUBLISHED :


Organisations are dissatisfied, in one word dream shattered:

SALIENT ASPECTS OF THE CADRE RESTRUCTURING PROPOSALS

a) Upgradation of CCIT level posts to Apex and HAG+ scales. Thus, all the existing CCsIT/DGs (plus one new post of DG) would be upgraded to these two levels. The posts in Apex scale (to be re-designated as Principal Chief Commissioner/Pnncipal DG) will be as under:

i Cadre Controlling CCs 18

ii. Directorates-General (Attached offices of CBDT) 7

iii. DG (International Tax) 1
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Total 26

‘DGsIT: I. Administration. 2. Vigilance. 3. uman Resource Development, 4. Legal & Research, 5. Logisitics, 6.Systems, & 7.Training.

The remaining 91 would continue to be designated as Chief Commissioner/Director General but would be placed in the HAG+ scale of Rs 75,500 - 80.000/-.

b) The number of posts in the HAG scale of 67,000-79.000/- to be increased from 116 to 300. No post of CCIT/DGIT would henceforth exist in this scale. CIT level officers would he placed in this scale and re-designated as Principal Commissioner/Principal Director:

c) The remaining CIT level officers would continue to be designated as CIT and would also continue in the Pay Band-4, with Grade Pay of Rs.10.000/-. The total number of posts in the scales of CIT/Pr. CIT would increase by 204 ( up from a total of 731 to 935).

d) Increase in the number of Jt/Addl CIT by 322. The number to go up from the existing 1253 to 1575.

e) Numbers of DOT to increase from 1358 to 1394. ie by 36.

f) ACIT level posts to go up by 166, from 734 to 900.

g) Total increase in staff strength by 20,751 as under:

(I) Group A

Duty posts 729

Reserves 620 1349

(ii) Group B 2.064

(iii) Group C 17.338
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20.751

h) Ranges to have six AO (presently 5), excluding TRO, Corporate Ranges to have 2 AC/DC and other Ranges to have 1 AC/DC. Total number of Assessment Units (AU) will go up by 1080. Span of control of Pr. CIT will go up from 15 AU to I8 AU.

i) Reserves of 620 posts at ACIT level created as against existing Nil.

j) Three new DTRTIs to be created at Patna, Bhopal and Delhi.

k) Three new DIT (Inv)s to he created at Chennai, Dehradun and Goa.

l) All attached Directorates of CBDT to have merged cadre of employees.

m) Financial outgo on newly created posts Rs. 449.71 cr

n) Creation of 1080 additional Assessment Units

o) Creation of 114 SpeciaI Ranges with supporting manpower including ITOs to make them effective.

12. Some of the specific measures included in the Cadre Restructuring exercise to strengthen/reorganize functions in the Department are as under:

(i) The Appellate/Advocacy Structure.

1 CIT (Appeals) per Range for Central and Corporate CIT charges. Accordingly,
48 CsIT (Appeals) for Central charges.
81 CsIT (Appeals) in Corporate charges comprising 81 corporate ranges.
1 CIT (Appeals) each for other administrative Commissioners.

Each CIT Appeals to have adequate supporting staf, including one Inspector to facilitate and assist in the appeal process, and improve the 1st Appeal system.

CsIT (DRs) and Sr. DR (Addl/Jt CIT level) to be assisted by 1 ITO each (total 179 ITOs) for litigation work, to strengthen the Departmental advocacy system in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITAT).

Further 2 DCIT/ACITs to be posted against each ITAT Bench

CsIT (Judicial) to be strengthened by providing supporting manpower, to strengthen the Advocacy structure.

(ii) Investigation

1 additional posts of DsIT (Investigation) to be created at Goa (Panaji), Chennai (having jurisdiction over Investigation Units at Coimbatore, Madurai and Pondicherry) and Dehradun for Uttarakhand).

(iii) TDS, International Taxation & other Support Functions

1 additional CIT (TDS), Charge each in Delhi & Mumbai taking the number of TDS Commissionerates to 20.

6 CCsIT (TDS) ( one each stationed in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Pune), Directorates of International taxation increased from existing 7 to 13 and re-organised as Commissionerates of Income Tax (International Taxation).

Directorates of Exemption re-organised as Commissionerates of Income Tax and number of DGIT (Exemption) to be increased to 4 CCsIT placed at four metro cities. Number of CsIT (Exemption) to be increased from 7 to 8.

8 Directorates of Transfer Pricing to be increased to 10.

3 Ranges per CIT for International Taxation & Transfer Pricing with 2 DCs/ACs per range.

Number of CIT(Audit) to be reduced from existing 21 to 18m, placing one CIT in each CCIT(CCA) Region by abolishing 1 post each in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.

Number of CIT (Computer operations) to be increased from existing 17 to 18 posts, with one CIT in each CCIT (CCA) Region.

(iv) Strengthening/Restructuring the Directorates:

Attached Directorates of CBDT to be reorganized and renamed on functional lines, and the designations of IRS officers to be aligned on the lines of Ministries and attached offices of other Departments
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Cadres of the attached Directorates to be merged, with cadre control resting with the DGIT ( Admin)

Restructuring of some Directorates along with formation of new Directorates, including new Directorates General of, 'Risk Assessment', to cater to the changing and emerging needs of the Department

(v) Strengthening of the specialist support Cadres

289 new posts created in the Electronic Data Processing ( EDP) Cadre ( existing 321)

151 new posts in the Official Language (OL) Cadre ( existing 203)

228 new posts in the Personal Secretary ( PS) Cadre (existing 228)

570 new posts in the Administrative Officers (AO) Cadre ( existing 814)

The above new posts have been created to strengthen the Systems and administrative support systems throughout the Department, and to also improve career prospects and promotion avenues to the Cadres.

This strengthening structuring exercise is expected to improve the efficiency of the Income Tax Department resulting in increased revenue collection and better services to the taxpayers.

The Department where employees posses fighting spirit and have immense contribution to the working Classes movement is again in the path of fight; what CBEC organisations are thinking..............

Courtesy: Kousik Roy