Updating Tax Officials' Knowledge of Law
Press release, DATED 14-12-2012
The assessing officers undergo in-depth training on direct
tax at the induction stage at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur
(NADT) and the seven subordinate Direct Taxes Regional Training
Institutes (DTRTIs) located across the country and on indirect tax at
National Academy for Customs, Excise and Narcotics, Faridabad and its
nine Regional Training Institutes located at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Vadodara, Patna and Kanpur. They also
undergo various refresher courses conducted by NADT and DTRTIs from time
to time.
Further the assessing officers are given training on
various aspects of tax laws to up-date their knowledge from time to time
by organizing classroom lectures, interactive sessions, practical
exercises, case studies, seminars, workshops, group discussions and
field attachments and Advanced Mid Career Training Programme (AMCTP).
Compendia of case laws and best practices are also published and shared
with all assessing officers.
The number of training courses conducted and officers
trained in these training courses for Central Excise and Customs
services during past three years is as follows:
| Year | No. of courses conducted | No. of officers trained |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 10758 |
| 2011-12 | 594 | 13675 |
| 2012-13 (upto Nov. 2012) | 487 | 10147 |
Apart from the induction training for Indian Revenue
Service (Income Tax) officers, the details of training programmes for
Income Tax Department is as below:
| Year | No. of courses conducted | No. of officers trained |
| 2010-11 | 205 | 3813 |
| 2011-12 | 214 | 3381 |
| 2012-13 (upto Nov. 2012) | 173 | 2616 |
This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri
S.S. Palanimanickam in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha
today.
