Work distribution amongst various sections of CBEC - Service Tax - 661/52/2002

Work distribution amongst various sections of CBEC Circular No. 661/52/2002-CX, dated 11-9-2002 F. No. 137/8/2001-CX.4 Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Excise Customs, New Delhi Subject : Distribution of work amongst various sections of the CBEC It has been observed that though there is a clear cut distribution of work between the various Sections of the Board, the Commissioners do not follow these guidelines and matters relating to one Section are referred to another Section thereby causing confusion and delay. This is particularly so in respect of TRU. Since TRU is flooded with a number of references on technical matters from the Commissioners, they are not able to devote adequate time and resources to their assigned items of work. 2 .I am, therefore, directed to enclose herewith the detailed distribution of work amongst the various Technical Sections of the Board. This distribution of work has been extracted from the ' Induction Material, Notes on the Functioning of the Various Divisions ', issued by the Internal Work Study Unit of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, and updated. 3. Hence forth it should be ensured that all references made to the Board on technical matters always indicate the Policy Section to which the matter relates so that the issue can be dealt with expeditiously. 4. Receipt of this Circular may kindly be acknowledged indicating the date of its receipt in your office. 5. Hindi version will follow. 1. CX-I SECTION List of Subjects :- 1. Tariff Classification of the following items; Section I Animal Products Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offal. Chapter 3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. Chapter 4 Dairy products; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. Chapter 5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. Section II Vegetable Products Chapter 7 Edible vegetable and roots and tubers. Chapter 8 Edible fruit nuts; peel if citrus or melons. Chapter 9 Coffee, tea and spices Chapter 11 Products of the Milling industry; Malt; starches; insulin; wheat gluten Chapter 13 Lac; gums; resins and other vegetable saps and extracts. Chapter 14 Vegetable plating materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included Section IV Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages and Vinegar Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. Chapter 17 Sugar and sugar confectionery. Chapter 18 Cocoa and Cocoa preparations. Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks products. Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit; nuts or other parts of plants. Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations. Chapter 22 Beverages, vinegar and spirits. Chapter 23 Residues and wastes from the food industries, prepared animal fodder. Section XI Textile and Textile Articles Chapter 50 Silk Chapter 51 Wool; fine or coarse animal hair. Chapter 52 Cotton. Chapter 53 Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn, woven fabrics of such yarns. Chapter 54 Man-made filaments. Chapter 55 Man-made staple fibres. Chapter 56 Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables articles thereof. Chapter 57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings. Chapter 58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics lace; embroidery. Chapter 59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of suitable for industrial use. Chapter 60 Knitted or crocheated fabrics. Chapter 61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of knitted or crocheated. Chapter 62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheated. Chapter 63 Other made up textile articles. Section XVIII Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus, Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories thereof. Chapter 90 Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and apparatus; Parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof. Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles. Section XIX Arms and Ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 93 Arms and Ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. Section XX Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles. Chapter 94 Furnitures, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushion and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sings, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings. Chapter 95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles. 2. Legislative work [other than Finance Bill and the work entrusted to Commissioner (Leg Judl)] 3. Amendments to the Central Excise Act and Interpretation of the Central Excise Act. 4. Valuation under Section 4/4A of the Central Excise Act. 5. All complaints, representations and Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. 6. Work relating to convening and coordination of South Zone Tariff Conference. 7. Work relating to 11C notifications and adhoc-exemption orders under section 5A(2) in respect of commodities dealt with by the Section 8. Organising Board meetings. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (CX) Sh. Rajpal Ms. Suraksha Katiyar Sh. A.K. Prasad Sh. A.K. Singh (US-in situ) Tel : 3092395 Tel : 3092829 Tel : 3092812 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 334 I.Com : 281 I.Com : 304 I.Com : 262 2. CX-3 Section List of Subjects : 1. Tariff Classification in respect of the following goods :- Description of goods Chapter (a) Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes. 15 (b) Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes. 24 (c) Salt; sulphur; clay and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement. 25 (d) Ores, slag and ash. 26 (e) Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; Mineral waxes. 27 (f) Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, or rare earth metals of radio active elements or isotopes. 28 (g) Organic chemicals. 29 (h) Pharmaceutical products 30 (i) Fertilizers. 31 (j) Tanning and dying extracts, tanning and their derivatives; dyes; paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and other mastics; inks. 32 (k) Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetics. 33 (l) Soap, organic surface-active agents washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster. 34 (m) Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes. 35 (n) Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations. 36 (o) Photographic or cinematographic goods. 37 (p) Miscellaneous chemical products 38 (q) Plastics and articles thereof. 39 (r) Rubber and articles thereof. 40 (s) Leather 41 (t) Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods; hand bags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut). 42 (u) Manufacturers of furskins and artificial fur. 43 (v) Wood and articles of wood 44 (w) Cork and articles of cork 45 (x) Manufacturers of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wicker-work. 46 2. Refund of duty on petrol to Diplomats. 3. Work relating to convening and coordination of North Zone Tariff Conference. 4. General procedure relating to holding of Tariff Conference. 5. Work relating to Section 11C of C.E. Salt Act, 1944 and Rule 5A(2) of C.E. Act, 1944 in respect of goods mentioned at item (1) above. 6. Work relating to Medicinal and Toilet Preparation (Excise Duties) Act, 1955. 7. All complaints, representations and Parliament Question relating to the above. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.3 9) Member (CX) Sh. S.K. Gandhi Sh. S.L. Meena Sh. A. K. Singh Tel : 3092534 Tel : 3092351 Tel : 3097931 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 291 I.C. 365 I.Com : 274 I.Com : 262 3. CX-4 Section List of Subject :- I. Tariff Classification in respect of the following Tariff items :- No. Items Chapter 1. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic materials; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 47 2. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp or of paperboard 48 3. Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry, manuscripts, typescripts and plants. 49 4. Footwear, gaiters and the parts of such articles. 64 5. Head-gear and parts thereof. 65 6. Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding crops parts thereof. 66 7. Artificial flowers; articles of human hair. 67 8. Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos mica or similar material 68 9. Ceramic products. 69 10. Glass and glassware 70 11. Natural or cultural pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin. 71 12. Iron and steel 72 13. Articles of iron or steel. 73 14. Copper and articles thereof 74 15. Nickel and articles thereof. 75 16. Aluminum and articles thereof. 76 17. Lead and articles thereof. 78 18. Zinc and articles thereof. 79 19. Tin and articles thereof. 80 20. Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 81 21. Tools, implements, cutlery, spoon and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal. 82 22. Miscellaneous articles of base metal. 83 23. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof. 84 24. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles. 85 25. Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stocks and parts thereof; railway or Tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical traffic Signalling equipment of all kinds 86 26. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stocks, and parts and accessories thereof. 87 27. Aircraft; spacecrafts and parts thereof. 88 28. Ships, boats and floating structures. 89 II. Work relating to framing of procedure for assessment and collection of Service Tax and other matter relating thereto, including exemptions, both general and ad-hoc under Section 93(1)/93(2) of the Finance Act, 1994. III. Fixing targets for Service Tax collections. IV. Work relating to 11C notification and granting ad-hoc exemption under section 5A(2) from payment of Central Excise duty in respect of goods covered by (I) above. V. Work relating to granting of permission for sale of vehicles purchased in India by Diplomats etc. VI. All complaints, representations and Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.4) Member (CX) Sh. Lalit Kumar Ms. Suraksha Katiyar Sh. A.K. Parsad Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3092395 Tel : 3092829 Tel : 3092812 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 281 I.Com : 304 I.Com : 262 5. CX-6 Section List of Subject :- 1. Amendments to Central Excise Rules and interpretation thereof (excepting matters relating to Modvat, Cenvat, Proforma Credit and sampling) 2. Procedures relating to Assessment, Internal Audit, Preventive Control, Exports, Licencing and Bonds, Delegation of powers, overtime fees and Budget and pre-Budget day clearances, prosecution, adjudication, Rewards under Central Excise Act and all other matters not covered by CX-8 Section. 3. Amendments to the Basic Excise Manual, the Audit Manual, the Preventive Manual and the S.R.P. Hand book. 4. Policy concerning anti-evasion, prosecution, approval of action plan of Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, submission of periodical reports and returns concerning preventive work etc. 5. All complaints, representations and Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.6) Member (CX) Sh. R.K. Bhoria Sh. M.G. Thamizh Valavan Sh. S.M. Bhatnagar Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3092843 Tel : 3092829 Tel : 3093874 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 346 I.Com : 208 I.Com : 227 I.Com : 262 6. CX-7 Section (located in Jeevan Deep Building ) List of subject :- 1. Draft Audit Paras/Audit Paras on Central Excise. 2. C AG Reports on Central Excise. 3. Public Accounts Committee Reports and Tours on Central Excise. 4. Financial sanction of expenses on tours of PAC relating to Central Excise Paras. 5. Coordination with Monitoring Cell for Central Excise paras. 6. Policy relating to what files or records are to be made available to C AG/CERA. Under Secretary Director (CX.7) Commissioner (PAC) Member (CX) Sh. Sandeep Puri Sh. Ram Tirath V.K. Sharma Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3360813 Tel : 3360581 Tel : 3341072 Tel : 3094788 I.Com 253 I.Com : 205 I.C. 202 I.Com : 262 7. CX-8 Section List of subject :- 1. Amendment to Central Excise Rules and interpretation thereof on matters relating to Modvat, Cenvat, set off and sampling. 2. Procedure relating to collection of cesses (except handloom cess). 3. Procedure relating to Modvat, Cenvat, set off, warehousing and sampling. 4. Matters relating to Departmentalised Accounting System. 5. Monitoring of performance of Commissionerates in Key Result Areas of work (adjudication, realization of arrears of revenue, disposal of call book and provisional assessment cases). 6. All matters relating to refund and rebate of Central Excise duties. 7. All Complaints, representations and Parliament Questions relating to the above. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX) Member (CX) Sh. B.B. Mukherjee Sh. V.M. Jain Sh. S.M. Bhatnagar Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3092534 Tel : 3092357 Tel : 3093874 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 391 I.Com 365 I.Com : 227 I.Com : 262 8. CX-8A/Legal Cell List of subject :- (a) Engagement/appointment of Counsels/Special Public Prosecutor; Settlement of their fees/terms and conditions and related works. References received from MPs/ VIPs and Ministers relating to above mentioned cases. (b) Reimbursement of legal expenses to non-gazetted employees under CBEC. (c) Monitoring of disposal of appeals by Commissioner (Appeals). (d) All Court cases in Supreme Court (other than those arising out of CEGAT orders) (e) Reports Returns relating to Central Excise Court cases and revenue involvement. (f) Examination of proposals received under Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme. (g) Parliament Questions other miscellaneous matters relating to the above items of work. Senior Analyst Under Secretary Director Jt. Secretary Member (L J) Sh. Sampath K.S. Sharma Ameeta Suri Lakhinder Singh Mahendra Prasad Tel. 3093164 3092643 3092349 3092747 3094828 I.C. 239 353 224 335 9. CX-9 Section List of Subject :- 1. Coordination of work in the Central Excise, Technical wing. 2. Customs and Central Excise Advisory Council. 3. Regional Advisory Committees. 4. Commissioners Conferences and other Departmental Conferences. 5. Compilation of material for President's address, Annual Report of the Ministry, Finance Commission and Estimates Committee. 6. Tour notes of Finance Secretary, Chairman and Members of the CBEC. 7. Tour notes of Heads of Departments under CBEC. 8. Monthly Admn. Reports from Commissioners of Central Excise. 9. Reports and Returns from the Director of Inspection and Audit (Customs and Central Excise). 10. Reports and Returns from the Directorate of Statistics and Intelligence (including code numbers and other miscellaneous references regarding statistics.) 11. Arrears of Revenue. 12. Write-off and remissions. 13. Special procedures relating to Export of Excisable goods to Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and other Countries. 14. Matters relating to the Administrative Reforms Commission. 15. Tax Credit Excise Duty Scheme. 16. Any other work of a miscellaneous nature not specifically allotted to any other Section. 17. All Complaints, representations and Parliament Question relating to above items of work. 18. Excise Revenue arrears against companies. 19. Deferment of arrears of revenues against sick industrial units. 20. Brief for the Economic Editors' Conferences. 21. Excise Relief Scheme. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (CX) Sh. Sunil Garg Sh. R.K. Kirtania Sh. S.L. Meena Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3094162 Tel : 3093476 Tel : 3094793 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 249 I.Com : 217 I.Com : 274 I.Com : 262 10. Tax Research Unit (TRU) List of Subjects :- 1. All request from trade and recommendations from other Departments of the Governments seeking general exemption from Customs and Central Excise duties. 2. Issue of notifications under Section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962. 3. Issue of notifications under Section 5A(i) of the Central Excise Act and under Section 25(i) of the Customs Act to clarify the scope and applicability of exemption notifications. 4. Reviewing of the above notifications. 5. Formulation of policy for taxation of each commodity. 6. Notification of any process amounting to manufacture under section 2(f) of the Central Excise Act. 7. Formulation of policy regarding MRP based valuation. 8. Policy on inclusion of new services under Service Tax net. 9. Formulation of annual budget proposals. 10. Work relating to Finance Bill. 11. Work relating to other legislation for changing rate of Customs Excise Duties. 12. Pre and post-budget market enquiries, and on the spot studies regarding effect of budget proposals on prices, production, consumption etc. 13. Formulation of commodity wise budget estimates (after collection of data from departmental and extra-departmental sources) and monitoring of the same at regular intervals. 14. Fixing of revenue targets. 15. All work relating to levy of Anti-dumping duties/safeguard duties. 16. International Agreements - their tariff related work. 17. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Under Secretary Director/D.S. J.S. (TRU) Chairman/Member (Budget) Amitabh Sh. Kumar Sh. Sanjeev Sachdeva Sh. Gautam Ray Sh. M.K. Zutshi Tel : 3093075 Tel : 3092236 Tel : 3092687 Tel : 3092849 I.Com 343 I.Com : 295 I.Com : 360 I.C. 355 Suresh Sh. Kumar Shri Alok Shukla Tel : 3094806 Tel : 3092753 I.Com 340 I.Com : 349 Sh. Ataur Rehman Shri Gautam Bhattacharya Tel : 3094693 Tel : 3092634 I.Com 340 I.Com : 386 Sh. S.M. Tata Dr. Vijay P. Goel Tele : 3093075 Tel : 3093361 I.Com : 261 I.Com : 245 Sh. G.D. Lohani Tel : 3094819 I.Com : 397 Sh. Vivek Prasad Tel : 3093075 I.Com : 340 Sh.   Aman Kumar Singh Tel : 3094693 I.Com : 340 Sh. D.K. Pandey Tel : 3094973 I.Com : 344 Ms. Kanchana V. Ghosh Tel : 3094973 I.Com : 344 11. Customs-III Section List of subjects :- 1. Monitoring the performance of the field formations of Customs: Review of Monthly Technical Reports and revenue trends; Arrears of Customs duty; performance in the identified key areas of work such as adjudication, provisional assessment, refund, drawback, audit objections etc. 2. WTO/WCO issues relating to Rules of Origin. 3. All policy issues concerning management of hazardous waste including framing of guidelines on import/testing of dangerous/hazardous chemicals. 4. Co-ordination of all work in the Customs Wing. 5. Annual Report, Annual Action Plan, periodical reports and returns, and any other miscellaneous matter. 6. Monitoring/Review of CRCL performance; infrastructure and equipment requirements of CRCL, etc. 7. Co-ordination and monitoring of work connected with Draft Audit Paras/Action Taken Notes (DAPs/ATNs) and reports of C AG and PAC; follow up action with C AG/ Monitoring Cell. 8. Reports regarding trade statistics/DTRs; liaison with DGFT on progress in submission of DTRs by the field formation of Customs. 9. Prohibitions and Restrictions under Section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 (including importability of books, periodicals, publications etc.) 10. Arrears of Customs duty. 11. Co-ordination of work on behalf of the Customs Wing (compilations of statements of pending VIP references, Parliamentary Assurances, implementation of Annual Action Plan, other periodical returns, reports of various Committees). 12. Co-ordination and monitoring of work relating to complaints/grievances from the trade citing specific instances (other than general issues) 13. Co-ordination of work regarding Estimates Committee and other Committees of Parliament, their study tours and the related work. 14. Reports and returns regarding Trade Statistics. 15. All miscellaneous matters concerning Customs that concern more than only one particular Section. 16. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work and Parliament Question requiring information from two or more sections in Customs wing. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) Sh. N. Acharya Sh. D.S. Garbyal Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel. No. 3093147 Tel. No. 3094610 Tel. No. 3093908 Tel. No. 3092417 I.Com. 305 I.Com. 374 I.Com. 275 I.Com. 207 12. Customs-IV Section List of Subjects :- 1. Procedure regarding clearance of goods at Ports/Airports/ICDs. 2. Procedure regarding disposal of Customs Refund Cases at all Customs Houses and Central Excise Commissionerates. 3. Transhipment of goods. 4. Inland Container Depots, Container Freight Stations-Appointment of and procedures relating to Containerisation. 5. Coastal Trade including procedure and regulation under Chapter XII of the Customs Act, 1962. 6. Delegation of powers of Adjudication of Customs Officers. 7. Imports of goods through courier mode. 8. Implementation of Kyoto Convention. 9. Standardisation of Customs Forms. 10. Appointment of Officers under the Customs Act, 1962. 11. Re-importation of goods of Indian origin under Section 20 of the Customs Act, 1962. 12. Quality Control on export commodities. 13. Complaints of delay in clearance of goods or sanction of refunds at ports/Air Cargo Complex, ICDs/CFSs/Post Offices etc. 14. Customs privileges and exemption for (a) the President of India and the Governors of States; (b) Diplomatic Corps. (c) UN and Specialised Agencies like UNDP, UNICEF, FAO etc. (d) League of Arab States Mission and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organisation, US AID Mission and Ford Foundation. (e) Foreign Experts coming under Bilateral Technical Cooperation Agreements with Government of India. (f) Agencies Co-ordinating grant of aid on behalf of foreign countries (such as OECF, Japan; GTZ, Germany; CIDA, Canada etc. (g) I.F.S. Officers and other category of officers on deputation to foreign Governments. 15. Sale /Disposal of duty free goods/ cars by privileged persons. 16. Matters concerning Customs and Central Excise Advisory Council. 17. Customs Advisory Committee and Port Advisory Committee. 18. The work relating to meetings of various Standing Committees, such as, = High Powered Committee on Reduction of Transaction Cost chaired by the Secretary (R) = Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee for setting up of ICDs/CFSs = Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports (Scope) - Shipping, chaired by Additional Secretary (Infra), Ministry of Commerce = Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports (Scope) - Air, chaired by Additional Secretary (Infra), Ministry of Commerce = Export Promotion Board chaired by Cabinet Secretary 19. Monitoring of disposal of unclaimed goods. 20. Returns, Statistics, Reports, Miscellaneous items and Parliament Questions relating to the above subjects. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (Customs) Member (Cus. EP) Sh. B.S. Samkaria Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel : 3094025 Tel. No. 3093908 Tel. No. 3092417 I.Com. 220 I.Com. 275 I.Com. 207 13. Customs-V List of Subjects :- 1. All matters concerning Ad-hoc Exemption under Section 25(2) of the Customs Act, 1962 including formulation of ad-hoc exemption policy. 2. Valuation under Customs Act, 1962 including fixation of tariff values 3. Fixation of Exchange rates for foreign currencies. 4. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (Cus/EP) R.P. Singh N.J. Kumaresh S.K. Sinha Dr. U.K. Sen 3093380 3092417 I.C. 361 229 290 207 14. Customs - VI List of Subjects :- 1. Supreme Court cases pertaining to Customs. 2. Baggage Rules, Transfer of Residence Rules, Tourist Baggage Rules. 3. Customs facilities and protocol for VIPs at International Airports. 4. Customs procedures for clearance of passengers at Airports. 5. Integrity Management at the Airports - Handling complaints against the staff and officers of Customs posted at the international Airports. 6. Policy relating to import of gold and silver, import of fire arms, etc. 7. Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations. 8. Port Trust Act, Arms Act, Antiquities Act and other allied Acts. 9. Write off/abandonment of claims with regard to irrecoverable duties and penalties and fines. 10. Parliament Questions, VIP references relating to the above subjects, Reports and Statements relating to above matters. Under Secretary Director (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) Sh. D.S. Garbyal Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel. No. 3094610 Tel. No. 3093908 Tel. No. 3092417 I.Com. 374 I.Com. 275 I.Com. 207 15. Land Customs Section (located in Jeevan Deep Building) List of Subjects :- 1. Warehousing. 2. Imports and Exports through post. 3. Bonds and Guarantees. 4. All Policy matters, trade agreements and transit arrangements relating to Afghanistan, China (Tibet Autonomous Region), Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. 5. Appointment and declaration of Land Customs Stations, Ports Airports under the Customs Act, 1962. 6. Grant of special permission for landing of aircrafts on international flights at places other than notified airports. 7. Matters concerning cess. 8. Carnet/Triptyque for tourist vehicles. 9. Parliament Question, Draft Audit Paras, PAC matters an other work connected with aforesaid items. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (Cus/EP) Prem Lata Kaushik N.K. Sinha(OSD) S.K. Sinha Dr. U.K. Sen Tel. : 3360473 3360473 3093380 3092417 I.C. 239 230 290 207 16. Customs Tariff Unit List of Subject :- 1. Classification of goods imported and exported for the purpose of assessment to duty, interpretation of exemption notifications, and issue of Tariff Advices and instructions relating thereto. 2. Customs Tariff and any Legislative and other preparatory work relating to its updating. 3. Conference of Commissioners of Customs on Tariffs and Allied matters. 4. Legislative work relating to administration and levy of anti-dumping, counter vailing and Safeguard duties; all WTO matters relating to these subjects. 5. Work relating to Harmonised Systems Committee of WCO. 6. Project Imports. 7. Parliament Questions, Draft Audit Paragraphs, Audit Reports and Public Accounts Committee Reports relating to excess/ short levy of customs duty arising out of disputes in classification. Senior Technical Officer Director (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) K. M. Ravichandran Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel No. 309 3859 Tel. No. 3093908 Tel. No. 3092417 I.Com. 362 I.Com. 275 I.Com. 207 17. Foreign Travel Tax (F.T.T.) List of Subject :- 1. Foreign Travel Tax and Inland Air Travel Tax. 2. Following Export Promotion Schemes and work related thereto ( both Customs and Central Excise ). (i) 100% Export Oriented Units. (ii) Free Trade Zones, Export Processing Zones and Special Economic Zones. (iii) Special Jewellery Complexes and Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Schemes. (iv) Software Technology Park and Electronic Hardware Technology Park Schemes. 3. Issue of exemption notifications relating to the above schemes (both Customs and Central Excise). 4. All Parliament Questions, Draft Audit Paras, PAC matters and all reports and returns, statistics and miscellaneous items concerning above subjects. 5. Meetings of FIPB, BOA, IMSC etc. 6. All matters relating to enforcement aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), particularly with regard to border measures. S.T.O.(FTT) Director (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) C.P. Goyal Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel. No. 3093859 Tel. No. 3093908 Tel. No. 3092417 I.Com. 362 I.Com. 275 I.Com. 207 18. Drawback Directorate (located in Jeevan Deep Building) List of Subject :- 1. All matters concerning Drawback under the Customs Act, 1962. 2. Duty exemption against Advance Licences, DEPB (Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme), Special Imprest Licences (Deemed export), capital goods export promotion licences (EPCG), DFRC (Duty Free Replenishment Certificate). 3. Issue of exemption notifications relating to the above schemes. 4. Coordination with Ministry of Commerce regarding the above schemes. 5. Drawback u/s 74 of the Customs Act. 6. Parliament Question, Draft Audit Paras, PAC matters, Returns, Statistics, Reports, Miscellaneous items on the above Subjects. Under Secretary Director Joint Secretary Member (Cus. E.P.) Alok Jha Prashant Kumar S.S. Renjhen Dr. U.K. Sen Tel 3360813 3361491 3341079 3092417 I.C. 253 208 203 207 19. Anti-Smuggling Unit List of Subjects :- 1. Complaints from MPs/Ministers/Public regarding grievances concerning searches, seizures, arrests etc., under die Customs Act. 2. Representation from trade association/ Chambers of Commerce regarding facilities in compliance of the provisions of Chapter IV-A and IV-B concerning notified and specified goods etc. 3. Analysis and evaluation of Monthly reports from Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise, and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence regarding trends in smuggling and the anti-smuggling measures. 4. Analysis and evaluation of reports from our foreign sources regarding smuggling activities. 5. To handle Parliament Question regarding anti-smuggling matters. 6. Preparation of material on anti-smuggling matters concerning Estimates Committee, Consultative Committee and Public Accounts Committee etc. 7. Preparation of briefs for various conferences/meeting on anti-smuggling. 8. Policy and Analysis on the disposal of confiscated goods. 9. Analysis of monthly reports (Master Reports) received from various Commissionerates. 10. Examination of offering of comments for various important matters such as creation of Special Courts for the trial and economic offences, delegation of Customs Powers to Police Officers etc. 11. Analysis and Evaluation of anti-smuggling measures in the context of the intelligence and the preventive arrangements. 12. To deal with reference regarding anti-smuggling matters received from other Section/Department/Ministers. 13. Purchase of boats, launches, X-ray machines and other anti-smuggling equipments. 14. Supply of arms ammunition. 15. Supply replacement of vehicles and equipments. 16. Framing of reward policy (for Customs, Central Excise and Narcotics cases). 17. References on allotment of confiscated weapons. 18. References/representations relating to rewards on the Customs side Junior Analyst Under Secretary Director Chairman/Member (AS) Rajeev Jauhari K.K. Jha M.K. Zutshi Tel : 3092181 3093021 3094476 3092849 I.C. 215 389 269 355 20. Judicial Cell List of Subject :- 1. Scrutiny of orders-in-original passed by all the Commissioners/Addl. Commissioners of Customs/Central Excise for taking action u/s 35E(I) of the Central Excise Salt Act, 1944 and Section 129D(I) of the Customs Act, 1962. 2. Scrutiny of the order-in-appeal passed by all the Commissioners of Customs/Central Excise (Appeals) with a view to exercising overall supervision and administrative control over the Commissioners (Appeals). 3. Scrutiny of the orders passed by all the Special and Regional Benches of the Tribunal. 4. Filing of appeals/SLPs to Supreme Court against the CEGAT's order in appropriate cases and following up such appeals/SLPs. 5. Defending the appeals filed by parties in Supreme Court against the Tribunal Orders. 6. Briefing the Advocates; handling appeals in Supreme Court and presence of responsible officers at the time of hearing in the Supreme Court. 7. Follow up action where judgments of CEGAT are accepted. 8. Issue of implemental or other instructions. 9. Initiating remedial action, legislative or otherwise. 10. Monitoring of the work of Departmental Representative posted in Tribunal. 11. Concept of unjust enrichment in the matter of refund of Central Excise and Customs duties and related matters. 12. Settlement of disputes between one Govt. department and another and one Govt. department and public sector undertaking.(COD matters) Section Officer Under Secy. Director (Review) Jt. Secy. Member (L J) Ramphal Sungita Sharma Nisha Malhotra Mahendra Prasad Tel : 3092498 3092656 3094028 3092262 3094828 I.C. 760 759 294 319 335 21. International Customs Division (ICD) List of Subject :- 1. Work relating to the World Customs Organisation including WCO Region for Asia and Pacific (Work relating to Harmonised System Committee of WCO dealing with tariff is dealt by Tariff Unit) and deputation of officers to WCO. 2. Agreements and MOUs for mutual administrative assistance in customs matters with other foreign governments. 3. Regional Free Trade Agreements, Preferential Trade Agreements and Joint Trade Commissions with foreign governments: Indo Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, SAARC etc. not specifically assigned to Land Customs Section - Formulation and interpretation of rules of origin and procedures etc. (Matters concerning grant of tariff concessions under these agreements will be handled by TRU). 4. Work relating to international conventions/international organizations not elsewhere assigned to any other division of CBEC. 5. ATA Carnet on Fairs and Exhibitions, policy formulation and requests for extension of export period and sale of goods. 6. Organising International Customs Training Events. 7. Correspondence with Customs Officers in Indian Missions abroad on matters of customs policy. 8. All Correspondence with foreign Customs Administrations. 9. Processing of Nominations for deputation of officers to attend trainings/seminars on Customs matters in foreign countries. 10. World Trade Organisation [other than issues relating to Rules of Origin] 11. Parliament Question/VIP references relating to the above subjects. Reports and Statements relating to above matters. Director (ICD) Joint Secretary (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) S.K. Sinha P.C. Jha Dr. U.K. Sen Tel : 3093380 3092978 3092417 I.C. 290 380 207