IRS (C and CE) officer Debi Prasad Dash nominated as India’s candidate for Deputy Secretary General, WCO

INDIA has nominated 1985 batch IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer Debi Prasad Dash as the country’s official candidate for the post of Deputy Secretary General, World Customs Organisation (WCO). Dash is currently serving as the Director General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), the premier agency tracking smuggling and black money. Only a couple of days ago, the finance minister Arun Jaitley released the…

PM gets complaints against customs and excise officers; asks for strict action against erring bureaucrats

IN AN aggressive stand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday ordered strict action against officers who fail to redress public grievances of people. During the ninth interaction with secretaries through PRAGATI —multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, PM went to the extent of saying that options could include even dismissal of officers, according to reports. The complaints that PM had received were mainly related officers belonging to customs and excise sector, as he reviewed…

Service at the Risk of Life: Full list of 40 customs and central excise officers winning Presidential Award

Full dress rehearsal for Republic Day Parade-2014

ON THE eve of the Republic Day, the government has announced the names of 40 officers of the Customs and Central Excise Department, selected for the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate. Whether it’s catching of smugglers of contrabands and narcotics drugs or detection of tax evasion and trade-based money laundering, these officers…