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The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) aims to fill up vacancies through promotions by mid-2014 as well as expedite the process of direct recruitment.
This is a part of its cadre restructuring programme, as approved by the Cabinet in December, which envisages creation of 18,067 additional posts to be filled up through internal promotions and direct recruitment.
CBEC Chairperson JM Shanti Sundharam said the board had shortened the time line for internal promotions. It is now expected that all six Departmental Promotion Committees (DPC) will complete their exercise by June 30, she said while addressing Central Excise Day and Investiture Ceremony here on Monday. Under the proposal, 989 additional posts will be for Group ‘A’ officials, such as Chief Commissioner, Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners. The remaining will be for Group B, C and the other category consisting of superintendents, inspectors, havaldars and field staffs. Currently, the sanctioned strength of CBEC is 66,808. After restructuring, it will reach 84,875.
It has also been decided to create 2,118 temporary posts for five years. This will enable superintendent-level personnel to get promoted to Group A as assistant commissioner, which will help remove stagnation at this rank. Creation of additional posts will involve an expenditure of approximately ₹774 crore, and will help collect around ₹68,000 crore annually.
Tax mop-upFinance Secretary (who is also Revenue Secretary) Sumit Bose said that indirect tax collection in December and January showed an upsurge. Indirect taxes include customs duty, excise duty and service tax.
“I am happy to report that December and January tax collections show a very positive trend; we have overcome the negative flows into central excise in previous months to report moderate progress in December and even better progress in tax collection in January,” he said.
Indirect tax collections in December were up 16.6 per cent at ₹48,000 crore, while service tax collections grew 45.6 per cent to ₹18,196 crore, custom mop-up in December stood at ₹14,441 crore showing a growth of 4.4 per cent, whereas Central excise collection in December was ₹15,367 crore, registering a growth of 3.6 per cent.
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