Grant of reward to informers and Government servants - amendments in existing reward guidelines issued vide Circular No. 20/2015 dated 31.07.2015 and as amended vide Circular No. 29/2016 dated 23.06.2016 - reg.

Reward guidelines expanded to include GST recoveries and permit rewards to eligible non-CBIC officers on par with CBIC.

Amendments expand the reward framework to include recovery of dues under CGST and IGST for calculating reward amounts; permit officers of other Departments/Agencies who assist in relevant investigations to be eligible for rewards if they hold rank equivalent to or lower than Additional Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise; revise Apex Reward Committee composition for high-value informer rewards to include Principal DGRI/DGGSTI and any two Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners; update agency nomenclature; and make the amendments applicable to pending cases and advance reward recommendations.