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.

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....ard of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Anti-Smuggling Unit) New Delhi, dated 5th October, 2018 To All Principal Directors General/Directors General under CBIC, All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive), All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of Customs & CGST, All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Preventive), ....

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....encies, who play a role in the detection of cases, at par with CBIC officers, irrespective of the fact whether seizure has been effected by these agencies or by officials of CBIC. Further, it was also brought to the notice of the Board that for considering reward proposals of ₹ 50 lakh or more for informers, the composition of the Apex Reward Committee needed to be changed to include any two....

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....rated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017. Only the recovery of dues under CGST & IGST will be considered for the purpose of calculating the reward amount. ii. Para 4.4 of the existing guidelines shall be substituted as follows: Government Servants working in other Departments/Agencies such as Police, BSE, Coast Guard, CISF, Slate GST etc. who play a role in Cust....

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....ST, Central Excise and Service Tax iv. In the existing reward guidelines, the following words/expressions shall be substituted: a) Central Board of Excise & Customs or CBEC shall be substituted with Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs or CBIC; b) Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence or DGCEI shall be substituted with Directorate General of GST Intelligence or DGGSTI; c)....