NEW DELHI: The CBDT has decided to honour the best income tax department investigator, revenue collector and innovator among others working in the recently launched e-assessment scheme.
As per an order issued on February 20 by the policy-making body of the department, there will be five categories of honours on a monthly and yearly basis and the winning tax personnel will be honoured on ‘Income Tax Day’ celebrated in July every year.
Their names and photos will also be displayed on a ‘Wall of Fame’ that will be created at a prominent location in the department.
The officers will be categorised under five ‘prime’ categories of best investigator, best revenue collector, best administrator, best auditor and best innovator.
This is being done by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to “promote and appreciate the outstanding work of officers/officials or group of officers/officials in e-assessments for each Principal Chief Commissioner of I-T region”.
The e-assessment or faceless interaction of I-T cases was launched by the government on October 8 last year to ensure transparency in dealings between the tax body and the taxpayer.
Central agencies, states roped in for probe
into recovery of foreign make bullets in Kerala
KOLLAM/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/ Feb 23:
Taking a serious view of recovery of foreign make bullets, suspected to be of Pakistan origin, in Kollam district, the Kerala government has roped in the Central agencies and other states for the probe which will be monitored by its anti-terror squad DIG.
Director General of police Loknath Behera on Sunday said the investigation in the case had been handed over to the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and the central agencies informed about the bullets and their assistance sought.
A day after the 14 live bullets were abandoned in Kulathupuzha, around 60 km from here bordering Tamil Nadu, a two-member team of the Military Intelligence from Ernakulam reached the town for investigation on Sunday, police said.
Police sources said the bullets bore an inscription POF and it was suspected to be the acronym for Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF). However, no official information about it has been made so far.
Behera said ATS Deputy Inspector General of Police Anoop Kuruvila would monitor the probe from Kulathupuzha.
“We have handed over the investigation to the ATS yesterday itself. We need to coordinate the probe with other states also. I have discussed the matter with my counterparts,” he told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
Though he did not elaborate on which are the states, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, which share borders with Kerala, are likely to be among those involved in the probe.
“We have also informed the central agencies about the matter. We need their assistance since there are some markings of foreign-make on the bullets,” Behera said.
He had on Saturday said the pack containing 14 bullets was spotted by two civilians in Kulathupuzha and the ammunition was found to be of foreign make.
“Preliminary investigation has revealed that the bullets are of foreign make. The Anti-Terror Squad will probe the matter,” he had said in a release late Saturday. (AGENCIES)Among the seven criterion for selecting the best investigator are grounds where a tax department personnel ensured “addition” of income shown in the return by at least Rs 1 lakh and identification of unique modus operandi or exposing of an organised scam or large-scale tax evasion.
The best revenue collector will be chosen on four grounds including the one who ensures auction or collection of arrear demand or effects arrest by a tax recovery officer and takes “proactive measures” for collection of due taxes.
For a best administrator there is a seven-point criteria which includes initiatives taken under the ‘swachhta abhiyan’ (clean Indian programme), beautification of office and steps taken for better taxpayer services and redressal of grievances.
While there are similar grounds for the best auditor, the best innovator honour will be for an officer who brings ‘systemic change’ within the organisation among others.
The CBDT order said that while the best revenue collector of the month will be chosen from January this year, all others will be selected from April, 2020. (AGENCIES)
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