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....l, 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 M....
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....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 Mem....
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.... 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....
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....) 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 Manua....
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....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 22....
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....on 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.....
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.... 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 Quest....
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....l 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 ....
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....d 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 Paragrap....
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....ctor 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....
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....g 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 ....
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