Take Pride in job - CBEC Chief to Staff

By Vijay Kumar

CBEC Chairman Najib Shah in a letter to the Chief Commissioners and Principal Commissioners states:

Discipline - punctuality:

Integral to the ease of doing business and redressing public grievances is inculcating discipline and integrity amongst our officers. The issue of probity in public service cannot be emphasized enough. Quick decision making, monitoring of public grievances, evaluating performance of formations, visits to ranges ordocks/appraising hall etc. need to be planned. Equally important is for field formations to follow high standards in punctuality. The posting and transfer policy guidelines are also a key ingredient in the overall strategy of integrity management. I expect that these will be scrupulously followed.

GST: Introduction of GST will bring forth a tectonic change in the working of field formations. A lot of thought, planning and preparation is required to meet this impending change. The recent initiative of conducting workshops across India is a step in this direction. These workshops will provide an opportunity for thinking through re-organisation of formations and gearing for a new business environment. The supporting IT systems are also going to be completely new and will require officers to build compatible skills.

Infrastructure:

I would like to assure you that the Board shares the concerns of the field formations on HR and infrastructure related issues. I am aware that there are a lot of vacancies at various levels and we are taking necessary steps to fill up these. I also trust that in the wake of the cadre review, proposals for enhancing infrastructural capacity have been sent to DG, HRD. Lack of residential accommodation in most places is a matter of concern, and therefore I request you to identify projects, liaise with the local municipalities /corporations, housing boards and send us concrete proposals at the earliest.

Take Pride: Let me urge all officers and staff of the CBEC to take pride in the job we are doing and the role we play in the nation building process. Be acutely aware of this and remember that the tax which we collect is crucial for India's development and hence we have to do our job well to ensure that all that is legitimately due is collected.

You know the field!

CBEC Chairman's D.O.Letter No. F.8/1/2015., Dated August 05, 2015