Cadre Review – The New Look Department
DG - International Customs: They propose to create a new post of DG, International Customs in view of the increasing engagement of CBEC with WCO, WTO, etc, and Customs Departments of other countries.
More DGs in DRI : DGRI, DGCEI, DG-Inspection and NACEN will have four DGs each in the four metros.
DG, Service Tax to shift to Delhi. The DG Service Tax will be shifted to Delhi for better coordination with the Board. There was really no logic in parking the DG Service Tax in Mumbai in the first place.
Commissionerates all over: Lucknow and Meerut Zones with 7 Commissionerates will now have three zones with 11 Commissionerates. Ranchi zone with three Commissioners will now have five with two Chief Commissioners. Mumbai will have five zones with 15 Commissioners. Three Central Excise Commissionerates in Kerala will be merged into one, but they will have an additional Customs zone with two Commissioners. Hyderabad will have a new Customs Commissioner who will report to a Chief Commissioner sitting in remote Vizag. Kakinada in AP will have a new Customs Commissioner. There will be some 65 zones and 210 Commissionerates. Then there will be 45 Audit Commissioners, 19 cadre controlling Commissioners. There will be 787 central Excise divisions for the present 460 and 3965 Ranges in place of the present 2614.
The Board's proposal says that with this strength they are ready to face GST. What if GST does not come at all?