Grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate to the Officers of the Customs & Central Excise on the eve of Republic Day, 2016
Grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation
Certificate to the Officers of the Customs & Central Excise on the eve of
Republic Day, 2016
Every year, the officers of the Customs & Central Excise Department are
considered for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for
‘exceptionally meritorious service rendered at the risk of life’ and for
Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘specially distinguished
record of service’ on their achieving and maintaining excellence in the
discharge of their duties. These awards are announced on the eve of Republic
Day.
This year, 34 officers have been selected for grant of Presidential Award of
Appreciation Certificate for ‘Specially Distinguished record of service’.
These officers have been selected on the basis of their exemplary performance
in their respective fields of service over the years. The awardees selected
this year include the officers working as Principal
Commissioners/Commissioners; Additional/Joint Commissioners; Deputy/Assistant
Commissioners; Superintendents/Senior Intelligence Officers; Sr. Private
Secretary and Inspectors/ Intelligence Officers, who have been consistently
committed to the department in various fields.
The
officers’ performance in various fields includes the prevention of smuggling of
contraband and narcotics drugs, detection of tax evasion in customs, central
excise and service tax, detection of trade based money laundering, detection of
foreign exchange violations and streamlining enforcement procedures etc in the
department. Besides, many awardees have shown their brilliance and given
laudable performance in other fields as varied as tax policy, revenue
mobilization, development of software for automation of Customs, Central Excise
and Service tax formations, reducing litigations and dispute resolution,
effective defence of cases in the Tribunals and High Courts, capacity building
and training, as well as skilful handling of administrative work.
The list of officers, along with their designation and their present place of
posting, who have been selected for grant of thePresidential Award of
Appreciation Certificate for ‘Specially Distinguished record of service’, on
the occasion of Republic Day, 2016 is given below:
PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONERS/COMMISSIONERS
1. Shri. V. Padmanabhan,
Principal Additional Director General, Directorate General of Central Excise
Intelligence (DGCEI), New Delhi
2. Shri. Upender Gupta,
Commissioner (Goods and Service Tax), Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC), New Delhi
3. Shri. Amitabh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Tax Research
Unit (TRU), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi
4. Shri. Hitesh Ajit Shah, Commissioner (Authorised
Representative), Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT),
Mumbai
ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS/JOINT
COMMISSIONERS
5. Shri. Ranjit Kumar,
Additional Director, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
(DGCEI), New Delhi
6. Shri. Deepankar Aron, Additional
Commissioner, Central Excise Zone, Jaipur
7. Shri. Vinay Kumar Singh, Additional Director,
Directorate General of Human Resource Development (DG HRD), New Delhi
8. Shri. Vinod Kumar Mehta, Additional Commissioner,
Central Excise Zone, Chandigarh
9. Shri. Prashant Shrihari Kaduskar, Additional
Commissioner, Central Excise Zone, Vadodara
10. Dr. Somesh Chander, Deputy Secretary, Tax Research
Unit (TRU), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS/ASSISTANT
COMMISSIONERS
11. Shri. P.V.K. Rajasekhar,
Deputy Director, National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN),
Regional Training Institute, Chennai
12. Shri. N. Arunaasalam,
Assistant Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Regional Unit,
Coimbatore
13. Shri. Mahendra Pratap Singh
Sengar, Assistant Commissioner, Central Excise, Mumbai
14. Shri. Anil Kumar Chandela,
Assistant Director, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
(DGCEI), Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi
SUPERINTENDENTS / SENIOR INTELLIGENCE
OFFICERS
15. Shri. Ashim Sarkar, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence (DRI), Zonal Unit, Kolkata
16. Shri. Devang Kirtikumar Kansara, Senior
Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad
17. Shri. Ganesh Ray, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence (DRI), Zonal Unit, Mumbai
18. Shri. S. Hanuma Prasad, Senior Intelligence
Officer, Directorate of
Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Zonal Unit, Hyderabad
19. Shri. Ajay Kumar Dixit, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of
Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi
20. Shri. S. Natarajan, Superintendent, Central Excise,
Bengaluru
21. Shri .R. Manjunatha, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of
Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), Zonal Unit, Bengaluru
22. Shri. N. Balaji Ramanathan, Senior Intelligence
Officer, Directorate
General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), Zonal Unit, Chennai
23. Shri. Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Superintendent, Service
Tax Zone, New Delhi
24. Shri. M.R. Ramachandran, Superintendent, Central
Excise and Customs Zone, Cochin
25. Shri. Darshan Kumar Sharma, Additional Assistant
Director, Directorate General of Human Resource Development (DG HRD), New
Delhi
26. Shri. P.A. Vincent, Superintendent, Large Taxpayer
Unit (LTU), Mumbai
27. Shri. Lalthankung Hmar, Superintendent, Central
Excise and Customs Zone, Shillong
INSPECTOR/INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
28. Shri. Iyer Ganapathi Raman V, Preventive Officer,
Risk Management Division (RMD), Mumbai
29. Shri. Vinay Kumar Nigam, Inspector, National Academy of
Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), Regional Training Institute, Kanpur.
30. Smt.R. Haseena, Inspector, Directorate General of
Systems & Data Management, Zonal Unit, Chennai.
31. Shri. Raghvendra Singh Rathore, Intelligence
Officer, Directorate
General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), New Delhi
32. Shri. Dinesh Singh, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General
of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), New
Delhi.
SR. PRIVATE SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
34. Shri. Bhupendra Singh Bisth, Executive Assistant,
Directorate of Logistics, New Delhi
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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Signs 7 more
Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAS)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered
into 7 more unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with taxpayers today.
This takes the tally of APAs signed so far to 39 (38 unilateral and one
bilateral). In the current fiscal year, which is the third year of APA
programme, 30 agreements have been signed so far. Before the end of the
financial year, more such agreements are expected to be signed. The 7 APAs
signed today pertain to various sectors of the economy like investment advisory
services, software development services and IT enabled Services. The agreements
signed today also include one of the few agreements to be reached in the
manufacturing sector.
The APA Scheme was introduced in the Income-tax Act in 2012 and the “Rollback” provisions were introduced in 2014. The scheme endeavours to provide certainty to taxpayers in the domain of transfer pricing by specifying the methods of pricing and setting the prices of international transactions in advance. Since its inception, the APA scheme has attracted tremendous interest from taxpayers for using this mechanism to achieve tax certainty upto nine years.
The approach of the Income Tax Department to the APAs has been appreciated and acknowledged by the industry in India and abroad. The Income Tax Department is committed to providing a stable and predictable taxation regime and improving the ease of doing business.
The APA Scheme was introduced in the Income-tax Act in 2012 and the “Rollback” provisions were introduced in 2014. The scheme endeavours to provide certainty to taxpayers in the domain of transfer pricing by specifying the methods of pricing and setting the prices of international transactions in advance. Since its inception, the APA scheme has attracted tremendous interest from taxpayers for using this mechanism to achieve tax certainty upto nine years.
The approach of the Income Tax Department to the APAs has been appreciated and acknowledged by the industry in India and abroad. The Income Tax Department is committed to providing a stable and predictable taxation regime and improving the ease of doing business.
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Auction for Sale (Re-issue) of Government Stock
Government of
India have announced the Sale (re-issue) of (i) “7.35 per cent Government Stock
2024” for a notified amount of Rs. 2,000 crore (nominal) through price based
auction, (ii) “7.59 per cent Government Stock 2029” for a notified amount of
Rs. 6,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction, (iii) “8.24 per cent
Government Stock 2033” for a notified amount of Rs. 3,000 crore (nominal)
through price based auction, and (iv) “8.13 per cent Government Stock 2045” for
a notified amount of Rs. 3,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction. The
auctions will be conducted using multiple price method. The auctions will be
conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on January
29, 2016 (Friday).
Up to 5% of the
notified amount of the sale of the stocks will be allotted to
eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive
Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both
competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in
electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber)
system on January 29, 2016. The non-competitive bids should be
submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. and the competitive
bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon.
The result of
the auctions will be announced on January 29, 2016 and payment
by successful bidders will be February 01, 2016 (Monday).
The Stocks will
be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When
Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the
Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2006-07/178 dated November 16, 2006
as amended from time to time.
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