Reward eligibility expanded: non-CBEC government officers may receive rewards for contraband seizures subject to rank and guideline conditions. Amendment expands reward eligibility to Government Servants of other departments/agencies (Police, Border Security Forces, Coast Guard, etc.) for seizures of contraband effected under the Customs Act, 1962 or the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and subsequently booked/investigated by CBEC; only officers of those Departments/Agencies holding rank equivalent to the Additional Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise or lower will be considered for sanction of rewards in terms of Paras 4.2 and 4.3.