More Customs Officers to get Presidential awards this year? 50 year old Notification Amended
AS per Notification No. 12/139/59-Ad.III B dated 05.11.62 (Does anyone have a copy of this?), it appears that for the Presidential Awards to the staff of Customs, Excise, Service Tax, Narcotics, the number of awardees in a year shall not exceed 35. Last year they gave the awards to the maximum possible 35 officers. Obviously, this year there is more pressure and they want to give the award to more officers. So, now they have made the maximum number as 40. It is almost sure that more than 35 officers will get the awards this year.
CBEC Notification No. 2/2013- Customs (N.T.), Dated: January 14, 2013