International Customs Day, 2014 theme is 'Communication'
IN DDT 2246 06.12.2013, we reported
ON 26th January every year the Customs Administrations of Member States of the World Customs Organization organize various national events to celebrate the first session of the Customs Co-operation Council.
For the International Customs Day falling on 26th January, 2014, WCO has chosen the theme "Communication" and which goes with the slogan "Communication: sharing information for better cooperation."
On this occasion, the CBEC has decided to award "WCO Certificate of Merit" to Customs officers and representatives of the private sector who have demonstrated their commitment to the Customs Communication theme.
Nominations along with justification/proposal (along with the vigilance clearance certificate in case of customs officers) are required to be sent to the Joint Secretary (Customs), CBEC before 31 st December, 2013.
The nominations are to be sent on email ids, one of which is a gmail account. When will they understand that using private email ids for official matters is a risky affair?
CBEC F.No. 21000/91/2013 - IC (ICD) dated 5.12.2013
On the captioned subject, the Board now says -
"3. It has become a well-established tradition for us to celebrate the International Customs Day, too. However, as 26th January is devoted to Republic day celebrations, a suitable date is generally fixed after 26th January for celebrating the International Customs day. It has been decided by the Board that this year the International Customs Day shall be celebrated on Monday, the 27th January 2014. As part of the celebrations, members of the trade, office bearers of CHA Associations, senior level officers of other departments associated with Customs and other stakeholders can also be invited to the function."
Did the Board not know this clash of dates before?
And hope they have received all those nominations yesterday.
CBEC F.No. 21000/91/2013 - IC (ICD) dated 31.12.2013.