TIOL-DDT 2877 · Tuesday, 28 June 2016 · story 3 of 5

Frugal CESTAT - Low Cost Justice

THE Government does not spend much money on running the Tribunal. The CESTAT was given a budget of Rs. 26.73 Crore for 2015-16. Out of this, the Tribunal spent only Rs. 26.54 Crore, saving over 19 lakh rupees from the budgeted expenditure.

The Budget for some wings of the CBEC for the same period were:

Sl.No.

Department

Budget (in Crores of rupees)

1

Directorate of Inspection

63.27

2

Directorate of Systems

239.04

3

NACEN (National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics)

105.30

4

Directorate of Publicity and Public Relations

57.54

5

Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence

52.07