| 1 |
Particulars of its organisation, functions
and duties
[Section 4(1)(b)(i)]
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(i)
Name and address of the Organization |
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF VALUATION
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| (ii)
Head of the organization |
Director General |
| (iii)
Vision, Mission and Key objectives |
(a)Assisting and advising the Central
Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in Policy
matters concerning Valuation under Customs and erstwhile
Central Excise Laws;
(b)Developing
valuation tools (including databases) and best practices for
the effective and uniform application of Valuation laws:
(c)Monitoring valuation trends of sensitive
commodities and taking corrective action;
(d)Providing
guidance and advice to field formations on valuation
questions and for checking undervaluation/overvaluation of
imported or export goods so as to prevent leakage of Customs
revenue;
(e)Carrying out valuation
inspections at Customs stations/ Commissionerates to ensure
that the valuation law and procedures are effectively &
uniformly applied;
(f)Co-ordinating
Customs valuation matters with relevant international
organizations and other sources abroad. |
| (iv)
Function and duties |
Same as at (iii) above. |
| (v)
Organization Chart |
 |
(vi)
Any other details-the genesis, inception,
formation of the department and the HoDs from time to time as
well as the committees/ Commissions constituted from time to
time have been dealt
|
The
Directorate of Valuation (DOV) was established in the year
1997 as an attached office of the then Central Board of
Excise and Customs under the Department of Revenue, Ministry
of Finance, Government of India. The Directorate was upgraded
to Directorate General of Valuation (DGOV) in December 2002.
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| 2. |
Power and duties of its officers and
employees
[Section 4(1) (b)(ii)] |
(i)
Powers and duties of officers (administrative,
financial and judicial) |
The officers working in the DGOV enjoy
all the powers vested under the Customs law and erstwhile
Central Excise law. However, being an attached office of the
CBEC, the powers for implementation of the government
policies as well as the law concerning Customs & Central
Excise are not exercised as this work is assigned to the
field formations under CBIC (Commissionerates). The duties of
the officers of the Directorate are same as that of the
organization as described at (iii) above. The Administrative
and financial powers and duties are governed by FR-SR, GFR
2007 and Delegation of Financial Powers Rule. |
| (ii)Power
and duties of other employees |
Nil |
| (iii) Rules/
orders under which powers and duty are derived and |
Rules made under Customs Act 1962.
Rules made under erstwhile Central Excise Act
1944. |
| (iv)Exercised
|
Same as (iii) above. |
| (v)Work
allocation |
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title: Work Allocation |
| 3. |
Procedure followed in decision making
process
[Section 4(1)(b)(iii)] |
(i)
Process of decision making Identify key decision
making points |
The organisation is headed by Director
General assisted by the Principle Commissioner, two
Additional/Joint Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners in
the Headquarters office for taking decisions and performing
the functions of the Directorate General. |
| (ii)Final
decision making authority |
Director General |
| (iii)Related
provisions, acts, rules etc. |
Rules made under Customs Act 1962.
Rules made under Central Excise Act 1944. |
| (iv) Time
limit for taking a decisions, if , any |
As Applicable under Customs Act 1962 and
Rules made there under, erstwhile Central Excise Act 1944 and
Rules made thereunder. |
| (v)Channel
of supervision and accountability |
As at (i)
above. |
| 4. |
Norms for discharge of functions
[Section 4(1)(b)(iv)] |
(i)
Nature of functions/ services offered |
Same as at 1.1 (iii). No services are
offered to public. |
| (ii)Norms/
standards for functions/ service delivery |
The DGOV is an attached office
functioning under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs (CBIC), hereinafter referred to as the Board. The
norms, if any, have to be set by the Board. Hence, no norms
as such have been set by the DGOV. However, the DGOV carries
out its work under its mandate earnestly. |
| (iii)Process
by which these services can be accessed |
No services
are offered to public. The Officers working under CBIC can
access Directorate General website for Valuation related
information. |
(iv)/Time-limit
for achieving the targets
|
/
Not Applicable. |
| (v)Process
of redress of grievances |
Basically, this Directorate General is
not a Public dealing office. Trade/Industry related
Grievances pertaining to Valuation, when received, are
analysed and if necessary the field formations are advised by
way of Alert/Guidelines. If required, Trade/Industry is also
informed suitably.
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| 5. |
Rules, regulations, instructions manual
and records for discharging functions
[Section
4(1)(b)(v)] |
(i)
Title and nature of the record/ manual
/instruction. |
Rules on Customs Valuation and Valuation
under erstwhile Central Excise laws are/were being notified
by the Government from time to time. Instructions and
Circulars on Valuation policies are issued by the Central
Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. Some of these are based
on recommendations of the DGOV. The DGOV compiles data and
information on prevalent prices of various dutiable
commodities in national as well as international markets and
disseminates to field formations. The Directorate also
maintains various databases such as National Import Data
Base, Export Commodity Data Base and Special Valuation Data
Base which are used by the departmental officers in the field
formations in their day to day work. The Directorate also
issues Valuation Alerts on the basis of its studies for the
guidance of field formations. |
| (ii)List
of Rules, regulations, instructions manuals and records. |
| (iii)Acts/
Rules manuals etc. |
Customs Act 1962 and Rules made there
under, erstwhile Central Excise Act 1944 and Rules made
thereunder. |
(iv)Transfer
policy and transfer orders
|
Group A Officers are Transferred and
posted by the CBIC. Group B and C Officers and Staff are
posted by transfer on deputation/loan basis. |
| 6. |
Categories of documents held by the
authority under its control
[Section 4(1)(b) (vi)]
|
(i)Categories
of documents |
(a)
A National Import Data Base (NIDB)
comprising details of imported goods duly analysed by a
software to work out certain valuation related
parameters. The NIDB is made available to the Customs
Stations across the country for reference by departmental
officers as a valuation tool in the assessment of
imported goods.
(b)
Central Registry Data Base (CRD)
comprising cases decided by Customs Stations (Special
Valuation Branches) in the valuation of goods imported
from related parties.
(c)
Export Commodity Data Base (ECDB)
comprising details of commodities exported duly analysed
by a software for export values and used by field
officers as a tool in export valuation work.
(d)
Valuation Bulletins published every
month and distributed to departmental officers. It mainly
contains news items on commodity price movements and
international price details.
(e)
DGOV website which provides
comprehensive information on valuation related matters. |
| (ii)Custodian of
documents/categories |
Respective
Section Heads. |
| 7. |
Particulars for any arrangement for
consultation with or representation by the members of the
public in relation to the formulation of policy or
implementation there of
[Section 4(1)(b)(vii)]
[F No 1/6/2011-IR dt. 15.04.2013] |
Arrangement for consultations with
or representation by the members of the public
(i)Relevant Acts, Rules, Forms and other documents
which are normally accessed by citizens
|
Normally
representations are received from members of the public
concerning undervaluation of import goods. |
(ii)Arrangements for consultation with or
representation by
- Members of the public in policy
formulation/ policy implementation
- Day & time allotted for visitors
- Contact details of Information &
Facilitation Counter (IFC) to provide publications
frequently sought by RTI applicants
|
a)This Directorate General does not frame
any policy nor mandated to implement any policy in so far as
public is concern.
b) People making
representation can visit any time during office hours.
C)
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title :
O.M. Appointing Nodal Officer http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title: Public Notice Designating
Transparency Officer.
http://www.dov.gov.in/contact-us |
Public- private partnerships (PPP)
(i)Details of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), if any
(ii)Detailed project reports (DPRs)
(iii)Concession agreements.
(iv)Operation and maintenance manuals
(v)Other documents generated as part of the
implementation of the PPP
(vi)Information relating to fees, tolls, or the other
kinds of revenues that may be collected under authorisation
from the government
(vii)Information relating to outputs and outcomes
(viii)The process of the selection of the private
sector party (concessionaire etc.)
(ix)All payment made under the PPP project |
Not Applicable since this Directorate General is
not involved in any such projects. |
| 7.1 |
Form of accessibility of information
manual/ handbook
[Section 4(1)(b)] |
Information manual/handbook available in
(i)Electronic format |
(i)/(ii)No information manual/handbook as
such exists for public, this Directorate General not being a
public dealing office.All information concerning this
Directorate General is available on its website, which
inter-alia contains user manual relating to National Import
Data Base, Central Registry Database and Export Commodity
Database for departmental officers. |
| (ii)Printed format |
| 7.2 |
Whether information manual/ handbook
available free of cost or not
[Section
4(1)(b)] |
List of materials available
(i)Free of cost |
No information manual/handbook as such
exists for public, this directorate General not being a
public dealing office.
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(ii)At a reasonable cost of the medium
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| 8. |
Boards, Councils, Committees and other
Bodies constituted as part of the Public Authority
[Section 4(1)(b)(viii)] |
(i)Name of Boards, Council, Committee etc. |
This Directorate General is not a Public
dealing office nor an enforcement agency. This is an attached
office of the CBIC. No Board, Councils, Committees and other
Bodies have been constituted as part of this Directorate
General. |
| (ii)Composition |
Not Applicable. |
| (iii)Dates from which constituted |
Not Applicable. |
| (iv)Term/ Tenure |
Not Applicable. |
| (v)Powers and functions |
Not Applicable. |
| (vi)
Whether their meetings are open to the public? |
Not Applicable. |
| (vii)Whether
the minutes of the meetings are open to the public? |
Not Applicable. |
| (viii)Place
where the minutes if open to the public are available? |
Not Applicable. |
| 9. |
Directory of officers and employees
[Section 4(1) (b) (ix)] |
(i)Name and designation |
http://www.dov.gov.in/contact-us
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| (ii)Telephone , fax and email ID |
http://www.dov.gov.in/contact-us
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| 10. |
Monthly Remuneration received by officers
& employees including system of compensation
[Section
4(1) (b) (x)] |
(i)
List of employees with Gross monthly remuneration
|
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Clauses (ix), (x),
(xi) and (xv) of Section 4(1) (b) of the Right to Information
Act, 2005 |
| (ii)
System of compensation as provided in its
regulations |
As governed by the 7th Central
Pay Commission Report notified by the Central Government.
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| 11. |
Budget allocated to each agency including
all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements
made etc.
[Section 4(1)(b)(xi)] |
(i)Total Budget for the public authority |
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Clauses (ix), (x),
(xi) and (xv) of Section 4(1) (b) of the Right to Information
Act, 2005 |
| (ii)
Budget for each agency and plan & programmes
|
| (iii)Proposed expenditures |
| (iv)Revised budget for each agency, if any |
| (v)Report on disbursements made and place where the
related reports are available. |
| 11.1 |
Foreign and domestic tours
(F.No.
1/8/2012- IR dt. 11.9.2012) |
(i)Budget |
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Clauses (ix), (x),
(xi) and (xv) of Section 4(1) (b) of the Right to Information
Act, 2005 |
(ii)Foreign and domestic Tours by ministries and
officials of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government
and above, as well as the heads of the Department.
- Places visited
- The period of visit
- The number of members in the official
delegation
- Expenditure on the visit
|
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Details of
domestic & foreign tours (official) made by the officers
of the rank of Joint Secretary and above
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| 11.2 |
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(iii)Information related to procurements
- Notice/tender enquires, and corrigenda
if any thereon,
- Details of the bids awarded comprising
the names of the suppliers of goods/ services being
procured,
- The works contracts concluded – in any
such combination of the above-and
- The rate /rates and the total amount at
which such procurement or works contract is to be executed.
|
Procurements are made by
using government e-market place and e-procurement system.
Details available on
https://gem.gov.in/
http://www.eprocure.gov.in
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| 12. |
Manner of execution of subsidy programme
[Section 4(i)(b)(xii)] |
(i)Name of the programme of activity |
Not Applicable. This Directorate General is not executing any subsidy programme. |
| (ii)Objective of the programme |
| (iii)Procedure to avail benefits |
| (iv)Duration of the programme/ scheme |
| (v)Physical and financial targets of the programme |
| (vi)Nature/ scale of subsidy /amount allotted |
| (vii)Eligibility criteria for grant of subsidy |
| (viii)Details of beneficiaries of subsidy programme
(number, profile etc) |
| 12.1 |
Discretionary and non-discretionary
grants [F. No. 1/6/2011-IR dt. 15.04.2013]
|
(i)Discretionary and non-discretionary grants/
allocations to State Govt./ NGOs/other institutions |
Not
Applicable, since no such grants allocations are made by this
Directorate General. |
| (ii)Annual accounts of all legal entities who are
provided grants by public authorities |
| 13. |
Particulars of recipients of
concessions, permits of authorizations granted by the public
authority
[Section 4(1) (b) (xiii)] |
(i)Concessions, permits or authorizations granted by
public authority |
Not Applicable, since this
Directorate General does not grant such concessions, permits
or authorizations |
(ii)For each concessions, permit or authorization
granted
- Eligibility criteria
- Procedure for getting the concession/
grant and/ or
permits of
authorizations
- Name and address of the recipients
given concessions/
permits or
authorisations
- Date of award of concessions /permits
of authorizations
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| 14. |
Information available in electronic form
[Section 4(1)(b)(xiv)] |
(i)Details of information available in electronic
form |
The following are available in electronic form
[see item (vi)] above.
(a)National Import
Data Base
(b) Central
Registry Data Base
(c)Export
Commodity Data Base
(d)DGOV Website
These are however for the use of departmental offices only
and not available to trade or public. However, certain areas
of information on the website are freely accessible. |
| (ii)Name/
title of the document/record/ other information |
(iii)Location
where available
|
| 15. |
Particulars of facilities available to
citizen for obtaining information
[Section
4(1)(b)(xv)]
|
(i)
Details of information made available |
This Directorate General is
an attached office of the CBIC. This office is neither a
public dealing office nor an enforcement agency. This Office
works from Monday to Friday, the office hours being 9.30 am
to 6 pm. Information meant for public is provided on the DGOV
website. Details of contact person are available on DGOV
website. |
| (ii)
Working hours of the facility |
(iii) Contact
person & contact details (Phone, fax email)
|
| (iv) Details
of information made available |
| 16. |
Name, designation and other particulars
of public information officers
[Section
4(1) (b) (xvi)] |
(i)
Name and designation of the public information
officer (PIO), Assistant Public Information (s) &
Appellate Authority
|
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Public Notice Designating
First Appellate Authority
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Public Notice
Designating CPIO |
| (ii)
Address, telephone numbers and email ID of each
designated official. |
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Public Notice Designating
First Appellate Authority
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Public Notice
Designating CPIO |
| 17. |
Such other information as may
be prescribed under section 4(i) (b)(xvii) |
(i)Grievance redressal mechanism |
Basically, this Directorate General is
not a Public dealing office. Trade/Industry related
Grievances pertaining to Valuation, when received, are
analysed and if necessary the field formations are advised by
way of Alert/Guidelines. If required, Trade/ Industry is also
informed suitably.
|
| (ii)Details of applications received under RTI and
information provided |
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title : Monthly Performance Report.
http://www.dov.gov.in/cpio-decisions
http://www.dov.gov.in/faa-decisions
|
| (iii)List of completed schemes/ projects/ Programmes |
Not Applicable. |
| (iv)List of schemes/ projects/ programme underway |
Not Applicable. |
| (v)Details of all contracts entered into including
name of the contractor, amount of contract and period of
completion of contract |
Available on website at RTI Section
|
| (vi)Annual Report |
No such annual report. |
| (vii)Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) |
http://www.dov.gov.in/faqs
|
(viii)Any other information such as
a)Citizen’s Charter
b)Result
Framework Document (RFD)
c) Six
monthly reports on the
d)Performance
against the benchmarks set in the
Citizen’sCharter |
http://www.dov.gov.in/citizens-charter-0
No RFD for this Directorate General since
it is neither a public dealing office nor enforcing agency. |
| 17.1 |
Receipt & Disposal of RTI
applications & appeals [F.No 1/6/2011-IR dt. 15.04.2013]
|
(i)
Details of applications received and disposed |
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title: Monthly Performance Report.
http://www.dov.gov.in/cpio-decisions
|
| (ii)
Details of appeals received and orders issued |
http://www.dov.gov.in/public-notice
Title: Monthly Performance Report.
http://www.dov.gov.in/faa-decisions
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