Directorate General of Inspection
Customs and Central Excise
D-Block, I.P. Bhawan,
New Delhi-110002
Section,4. (1) (b) (i) The particulars of its organization,
functions and duties:
This Directorate was
constituted in 1939, as part of the Board office for conducting periodical
inspections and for advising the Board on technical questions and on
standardization of Organisation and procedure in the
Custom Houses and the Central Excise Collectorates.
It was separated from the Board on 1st April, 1946 and given the status of an
Attached office.
This Directorate does
not exercise any statutory powers under the Customs Act or the Central Excise
Act, as it is not recognized as an authority for the purposes of those Acts. It
mainly comprises of five Regional Units (North Regional Unit/Central Regional
Unit/West Regional Unit/South Regional Unit/East Regional Unit), Customs Wing (Hqrs.), Central Excise wing (Hqrs.),
Administrative Wing & Nepal/Bhutan Refund Wing, Under the immediate
supervisory control of the Director General, and performs following functions,
as approved by Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue,
Ministry of Finance.
·
To
study the working of the Customs, Central Excise and Narcotics Departmental
machinery throughout the country.
·
To
suggest measures for improvement of its efficiency and rectification of
important defects in it through inspection and by laying down procedures for
smooth functioning.
·
To
carry out inspection to determine whether the working of the
field formations are as per Customs and Central Excise Procedures, and
to make recommendations in respect to the Procedural flaws, if any noticed.
·
To
suggest measures for improvement in functioning of the field formations.
·
To
function as nodal agency of Central Board of Exicse
and Customs for implementing various works relating to Hindi (Rajbhasha) in the field formations and to coordinate with Grah Mantralya (Rajbhasha Vibhag)
·
To
hold examinations for Custom House Agents under Custom House Agents Licensing
Regulations, 2004.
·
To
attend to the work pertaining to Nepal and Bhutan Rebate Claims
·
Preparation
of manuals under the Customs and Central Excise Law and Procedure
·
To
conduct special studies as entrusted by CBEC.
(ii) Powers
& duties of the officers and employees:
No specific powers
have been given to the offices under the Directorate General.
Director General
(Inspection) is the Head of the Department having all India jurisdiction.
He is supervising and contorolling the functions of
all the Regional Units located at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and
Hyderabad. Each Regional Unit is headed by one Addl. Director General who is
the Head of the Department. At the Headquaters
office, the ADG (Hqrs. and Admn.)
has been delegated the powers of Head of the Department. Director General
(Inspection) is the Cadre Controlling authority of Group B,C
and D Staff for the Directorate General of Inspection, DG(Vigilance),
DG(Housing and Welfare), DG (Export Promotion), office of the CDR, Directorate
of legal Affairs, DG(Audit), DG(Safeguards) and Directorate of Organization and
Personal Management.
All ADGs are assisted by Addl. Directors / Jt. Directors / Dy. Directors and Asstt. Directors.
(iii) The
procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of
supervision and accountability
·
The
inspection teams are responsible to carry out inspections as per the check list
·
The
inspection notes are drawn and sent to the concerned Commissionerates for
compliance.
With regard to
administrative matters, proposals/actions to be taken are processed at the
Section level and put up to Jt. Director (admn.) and
finally approved by ADG(Admn.)
under overall supervision and control of Director General.
(iv)
The
norms set by it for the discharge of its functions:
·
Inspections
are carried out as per the inspection programme in respect of each
commissionerate
·
For
implementation of Official Language Policy, an
inspection programme is also drawn for conducting of inspections and the same
is circulated to all the Zones/Commissionerates under CBEC. Annual programme
for implementation of Official Language Policy
has also been circulated to the Commissionerates/Directorates for achieving the
targets as fixed by Department of Official Language, Grah
Mantralaya for the year 2005-06.
·
Administrative
matters are attended to as per the rules and regulations.
(v)
Rules, regulations, instructions, manuals & records held by it or under its
control for being used by the employees for discharging its functions:
·
The
Central Excise Act 1944, The Customs Act 1962, The Central Excise Manual, The
Customs Manual and Various allied Acts, rules and regulations alongwith Exim Policies and
procedures are followed during inspections.
·
Notification
No. 40/2001-CE(NT) dated 26.6.2001 in respect of Nepal and Notification
No. 46/2001-CE(NT) dated 26.6.2001 in respect of Bhutan rebate of Central
Excise duty
·
CCS
(Conduct) Rules, 1964
·
CC
Appellate Rules, 1965
·
Delegation
of Financial Powers, 1978
(vi)
A
statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its
control
The Directorate is
not entrusted with the execution or implementation of any statutory rules or
regulations pertaining to Customs and Central Excise Law and procedure or under
any Allied Acts. However, the records of the inspection reports and Manuals
prepared by the Directorates are translated in Hindi and available in the Headquarters
office. Files related to the day-to-day administration, Nepal and Bhutan
refunds are also available in the office.
(vii)
The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or
representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of
its policy or implementation thereof
Not applicable to
this Directorate
(viii)
A statement of the Boards, Councils, Committees and other bodies consisting of
two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advise, and as to whether meetings of those Boards,
Councils, Committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the Minutes of
such meetings are accessible for public
No Boards, Councils, Committees and other bodies are formed in this Directorate
General.
(ix) Directory of its
offices and employees
This information has
been notified by the Directorate separately.
(x) Monthly
remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the
system of compensation as provided in its regulations
This information has
been notified by the Directorate separately.
(xi) Budget allocated
to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures
and reports on disbursements made
This information has
been notified by the Directorate separately.
(xii)
The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated
and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes
Not applicable to
this Directorate
(xiii)
Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by
it
Not applicable to
this Directorate
(xiv)
Details in respect of the information, available to or held by it reduced in an
electronic form
·
The
following information is available in electronic form
·
The
details of monthly remuneration alongwith the
admissible allowances being paid to the officers and staff;
·
Monthly
Technical Reports
·
Data
pertaining to Nepal and Bhutan refunds
·
Service
particulars of officers and staff
(xv) The particulars of
facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the
working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use.
This information has been
notified by the Directorate separately.
(xvi) Names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers :
Please see the list
of CPIOs provided separately at www.cbec.gov.in/info-act/aa-cpio/aa-cpio-idx
(xvii) Such other
information as may be prescribed -
NIL
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