Awards for Income Tax Officers
THE Finance Minister has approved a scheme of awards to officers and staff of the Income Tax Department who render exceptional meritorious service and display outstanding devotion to duty.
"The Certificate of Appreciation" would be conferred on employees for display of specific acts of exemplary devotion to duty including performance of an act of extremely arduous nature beyond the call of duty, involving extreme effort and resulting in substantial/potential benefit to the Government and/or acts involving grave personal risk etc,.
"Certificate of Meritorious Service" would be for employees who have put in at least 15 years of service and who have rendered consistently high levels of meritorious service.
There is already such a scheme in CBEC. It's a mystery why no such scheme existed in CBDT for so long.
An award, a little praise, a small pat - these are great motivating factors for many employees, though many awards are looked down with contempt these days, because awards are not conferred but manipulated and managed. And you know there is an unofficial quota system in these awards.
And in the Revenue Departments, there is the ignominy of awardees being caught by CBI and going to jail.
F.No.HRD/PM/425/2 /2012-13/716 ; Dated June 22 2012