Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal - Customs - Instruction No. 26/2023

Instruction No. 26/2023-Customs Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Indirect Taxes Customs) Dated 01-09-2023 Subject: Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal- reg. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (MHA) vide Notification No. 11024/05/2018-PMA dated 23rd of July, 2018 (as amended vide Notification No.11024/05/2018-PMA dated 14th of August, 2020 and Notification No.11024/05/2018-PMA dated 02nd of March, 2022) has instituted a medal viz. Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal to be conferred on Members State/UT Police Forces, Central Police Organizations (CPOs)/Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFS) and Security organizations throughout the Indian Union to recognize the successful conduct of the special operations involving high degree of planning, having high significance for the security of the country/State/UT and having significant impact on security of large sections of the society in the areas such as counter terrorism, border action, arms control, left wing extremism, prevention of narcotics smuggling and rescue operations. The personnel of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) have also been made eligible for the medal vide Notification No. 11024/05/2018-PMA dated 02nd of March, 2022 under the area Prevention of Narcotics Smuggling 2. In terms of the rules governing the award, the nomination/proposals for the said medal are to be subjected to two-tier screening. The first level of screening shall be done by the committee constituted in this regard by the Head of the Organization/ Department sponsoring the proposals (i.e. CBIC) which shall then send its recommendations to the designated Committee in MHA. Hence, the following Screening Committee is being constituted for the first level screening of the nominations/proposals of CBIC for the said medal:- i. The Director General-Directorate of Revenue Intelligence - Chairman of the committee; ii. The Chief Commissioner, Delhi Customs (Preventive) Zone- Member ; iii. The Commissioner (Investigation-Customs), CBIC - Member ; iv. The Additional Director General, HRM-I, Directorate General of Human Resource Development, CBIC- Member , and v. The Additional / Joint Commissioner, O/o the Commissioner (Investigation-Customs), CBIC - Member Secretary of the Committee. 3. The ' Terms of Reference of the above said Committee will be to process and finalize nominations from CBIC for the Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal, in accordance with MHA Notification F.No.11024/05/2018-PMA dated 23.07.2018 as amended by Notification F.No.11024/05/2018-PMA dated 14.08.2020 and Notification F.No. 11024/05/2018-PMA dated 02.03.2022 and relevant instructions, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and rules governing the award issued by MHA from time to time. The said Committee will submit its recommendations to Member (Compliance-Management) for further necessary action. The final nominations will to be sent to MHA with the approval of the Chairman, CBIC . 4 . Timelines in respect of the medal : The timelines for forwarding the nominations/proposals for the said medals shall be as follows: Action / Activity Timeline Conduct of Special Operation. T (Date of conclusion of Operation) Submission of Nomination to the Additional / Joint Commissioner, O/o the Commissioner (Investigation-Customs) by the Directorate/ Zone (which has conducted the special operation) with the approval of the jurisdictional head of the organization (DG or the Chief Commissioner) The proposals should include all the Annexes (I to IV) prescribed in the SOP issued by MHA, along with all the supporting documents. Within T + 30 days Scrutiny of the proposal by the O/o the Commissioner (Investigations-Customs), CBIC. Within T + 45 days Meeting of Screening Committee. Within T + 60 days Submission of recommendations of Screening Committee to the Member (Compliance Management), CBIC. T + 75 days Submission of Nominations to MHA T + 90 days 5. The Recommending Authority (Head of Directorate or the Zone) must ensure that officers nominated for the said Medal meet the eligibility criteria as defined by MHA, and the proposals submitted are strictly in consonance with the Notification F.No.11024/05/2018-PMA dated 23.07.2018 as amended by Notification F.No.11024/05/2018-PMA dated 14.08.2020 and Notification F. No. 11024/05/2018-PMA dated 02.03.2022 and relevant instructions, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and rules governing the award issued by MHA from time to time. 6. The nominations/proposals should be forwarded to the Additional / Joint Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner (Customs-Investigation), CBIC through Dak or e-mail ( [email protected] ), 10th Floor, Tower-2, Jeevan Bharti Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001 , within the specified time line. In case of any delay in submission of proposals, the Chairman of the Screening Committee will have discretion, to condone delay, based on the justification submitted in this regard by the Recommending Authority. 7. Difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of undersigned. This issues with the approval of Chairman, CBIC. Encl: i. The extant Notifications, relevant instructions, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and rules governing the award issued by MHA in this regard. ii. Soft copies of the Annexures (l to IV) prescribed in the SOP issued by MHA. Yours Sincerely, (Shweta Garg) Deputy Commissioner (Investigation-Customs) CBIC, New Delhi