706 Vehicles for Customs and Central Excise
CBEC has conveyed the approval for hiring 706 new operational vehicles- one Mid-size vehicle each for 116 Commissionerate Headquarters, 553 small size vehicles, one each for 553 Division Offices/Circles under newly created formations and 37 small size vehicles for new Divisions under existing formations for the current F.Y. 2015-16 towards enhancement of organizational efficiency of the field formations under the Central Board of Excise & Customs.
When you have offices and officers all over the place, you have to provide them with cars towards enhancement of organizational efficiency. These cars will cost the Nation about Rs. 30 crores a year and that is the whole budget for CESTAT. That is with the money you spend for hiring new vehicles (these are in addition to the existing hired vehicles), you can run a Tribunal. These vehicles are not to be used for personal purposes and are meant for operational needs of the Department. What will so many vehicles do for operations and how many operations do they do? But car is a small privilege for a babu; we should not grudge. Let them enhance organizational efficiency.
CBEC F.No 26015/04/2013-Cus(AS)., Dated: July 02, 2015