The Indian Reporting Service - CBEC spends a whopping Rs. 140 Crore on reporting
THIS is authentic; the CBEC spends a whopping Rs. 140 crore on reporting - all thoroughly useless. And this amount is seven times what you spend on the CESTAT!
And you know this 140 crore does not include paper and other infrastructure!
The source of my information is the Board itself.
In a letter to the Chief Commissioners, CBEC Member SB Singh says,
"A whopping amount of Rs 130-140 Crore is being spent annually on preparation of various reports. The estimated cost is not inclusive of paper, telecommunication infrastructure and other resources that go into report making. We need to ensure that the man-hours spent and cost involved are indeed put to productive use.
In this direction, first and foremost, we are eliminating paper based reporting. This would be followed by developing a MIS which would over a period of time eliminate unreasonable and overburdened reporting requirements."
The Member wants a participative and active cooperation in building a robust and reliable MIS for the organisation.
CBEC Member's D.O.F.No.296/127/2013-CX.9, Dated: October 10, 2014