CENTRAL GST & CUSTOMS- VISAKHAPATNAM ZONE, Government of India

भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

GST BHAWAN, Port Area, Visakhapatnam, AP-530035 ccu-cexvzg@nic.in 8912568837 हिन्दी

सीमा शुल्क एवं केंद्रीय कर, विशाखापत्तनम क्षेत्र
CUSTOMS & CENTRAL TAX, VISAKHAPATNAM ZONE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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SUO MOTO DISCLOSURE under RTI Act

Particulars of organisation, functions and Duties


1	Name and address of the Organization	Office of the Chief Commisisoner of Central Tax & Customs, Visakhapatnam Zone, 1st Floor, GST Bhawan, Port Area, Visakhapatnam-530035
2	Head of the organization	At present, Shri. Sanjay Rathi, IRS is holding the charge of Chief Commissioner of this Zone. Chief Commissioners who have held charge of Visakhapatnam Zone in the past are listed under 'History' tab under 'About Us' page.
3	Vision, Mission and Key objectives	VISION Our Vision is to provide an efficient and transparent mechanism for collection of indirect taxes and enforcement of cross border controls with a view to encourage voluntary compliance. MISSION Our Mission is to achieve excellence in the formulation and implementation of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax laws and procedures aimed at: • realizing the revenues in a fair, equitable, transparent and efficient manner • administering the Governments economic, taxation and trade policies in a pragmatic manner • facilitating trade and industry by streamlining and simplifying Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax processes and helping Indian business to enhance its competitiveness • ensuring control on cross border movement of goods, services and intellectual property • creating a climate for voluntary compliance by providing information and guidance • combating revenue evasion, commercial frauds and social menace • supplementing the efforts to ensure national security. Objectives • To collect indirect tax revenue • To improve tax payer services • To improve compliance for fair trade & enforcement of border control • To develop human resource for efficiency and transparency
4	Function and duties	Monitoring the following: • Levy and collection of Customs and Central Excise duties and Service Tax and GST • Registration and monitoring of units manufacturing goods and service providers • Receipt and scrutiny of declarations and returns filed with the department • Prevention of smuggling and combating evasion of duties and taxes • Enforcement of border control on goods and conveyances • Assessment, examination and clearance of imported goods and export goods • Implementation of export promotion measures • Clearance of international passengers and their baggage • Resolution of disputes through administrative and legal measures • Sanction of refund, rebate and drawback • Realization of arrears of revenue • Audit of assessments for ensuring tax compliance.
5	Organization Chart	Organizational structure of the Commissionerates and formations under this Zone has been explained under 'Jurisdiction' tab of 'About Us' page.
6	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	A brief history of the Zone and Chief Commissioners who have held charge of Visakhapatnam Zone in the past can be found under 'History' tab under 'About Us' page.


1	Powers and duties of officers (administrative, financial and judicial)	'Circular 1/1/2017-GST dated 26-Jun-2017' 'Circular 3/3/2017-GST dated 5-Jul-2017'
2	Power and duties of other employees	Please refer to 1.2 (i) above
3	Rules/ orders under which powers and duty are derived and	Please refer to 1.2 (i) above
4	Exercised	Please refer to 1.2 (i) above
5	Work allocation	Work allocation among Group A officers Work allocation among Group B and Group C officers


1	Process of decision making Identify key decision-making points	Office of the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise is primarily an administrative / monitoring unit. It monitors the activities of Executive Commissionerates, Audit Commissionerates and Appeal Commissionerates falling under the zone. Commissionerate is headed by a Commissioner who is the final decision making authority with regard to disputes regarding levy and collection of GST and Central Excise Duty in his/her jurisdiction. The Commissioner is assisted by Additional/Joint Commissioners and other officers in the Commissionerate Headquarters office. There are subordinate field formations called Divisions headed by a Deputy /Assistant Commissioner and there are Ranges under each Division headed by a Superintendent. Each Range Officer of the Division is assisted by Inspectors. The procedure followed by the officers in the decision making process and different aspects of supervision, accountability and time limit for taking decisions are outlined in the Central Excise Manual, the Adjudication Manual, Audit Manual, etc. The procedure indicated in Manual of Office Procedure (MOP) are also followed for decision-making.
2	Final decision-making authority	Please refer to 1.3 (i) above
3	Related provisions, acts, rules etc.	Please refer to 1.3 (i) above
4	Time limit for taking a decision, if any	Please refer to 1.3 (i) above
5	Channel of accountability


1	Nature of functions/ services offered
2	Norms/ standards for functions/ service delivery
3	Process by which these services can be accessed
4	Time-limit for achieving the targets
5	Process of redress of grievances


1	Title and nature of the record/ manual /instruction.	Customs Act,1962 Central Excise Act,1944 Finance Act’1994 CGST Act’2017
2	List of Rules, regulations, instructions manuals and records.	Central Board of Indirect Tax and Customs (CBIC) have launched a separate portal containing all the latest and legacy Acts, Rules, Circulars, Notifications related to GST, Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax for the benefit of taxpayers.
3	Acts/ Rules manuals etc.	Please refer the above point
4	Transfer policy and transfer orders	Inter Commissionerate Transfer policy for Group B and Group C officers under the Zone can be found here. Establishment Orders in respect of transfers/ postings of officers have been placed on this Website on Establishment Orders/ Office Orders page.


1	Categories of documents	Files/ documents pertaining to various kinds of works allotted to diiferent sections are as per the work allocation office order
2	Custodian of documents/categories	Respective Section heads are the custodians of such files/ documents


1	Name of Boards, Council, Committee etc.	1. Zonal Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) Zonal Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) has been constituted to facilitate overall representation of Trade under the Zone. 2. A Committee of CPIOs under the Zone has been constituted for identification of frequently sought information under RTI.
2	Composition :	Please refer to 1.7 (i) above
3	Dates from which constituted	Please refer to 1.7 (i) above
4	Term/ Tenure	Please refer to 1.7 (i) above
5	Powers and functions.	Please refer to 1.7 (i) above
6	Whether their meetings are open to the public?	NO
7	Whether the minutes of the meetings are open to the public?	YES
8	Place where the minutes if open to the public are available?	1. Minutes of the meeting dated 23.03.2021


1	Name and designation	Directory of officers and employees working in CCO has been placed under 'Officer's Directory' tab under 'About Us' page
2	Telephone, fax and email ID	Please refer to the Point above

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List of employees with Gross monthly remuneration

क्र.सं/S.No	पदनाम / Designation	पे-मेट्रिक्स में वेतन (7 वें वेतन आयोग के अनुसार) Level in Pay Matrix (as per 7th Pay Commission)
1	प्रधान मुख्य आयुक्त/ Principal Chief Commissioner	स्तर 17 / LEVEL 17
2	मुख्य आयुक्त/ Chief Commissioner	स्तर 16/ LEVEL 16
3	प्रधान आयुक्त/ Principal Commissioner	स्तर 15 / LEVEL 15
4	आयुक्त/ Commissioner	स्तर 14 / LEVEL 14
5	अपर आयुक्त/ Additional Commissioner	स्तर 13 / LEVEL 13
6	संयुक्त आयुक्त/ Joint Commissioner	स्तर 12 / LEVEL 12
7	उप आयुक्तक/ Deputy Commissioner	स्तर 11 / LEVEL 11
8	मुख्य लेखा अधिकारी/ सहायक आयुक्त/ CAO/ Assistant Commissioner	स्तर 10 / LEVEL 10
9	अधीक्षक ( ग्रेड-I)/ Superintendent (Grade-I)	स्तर 9 / LEVEL 9
10	अधीक्षक ( ग्रेड-II)/ वरिष्ठ निजी सचिव Superintendent (Grade-II)/ Sr. Private Secretary	स्तर 8 / LEVEL 8
11	प्रशासनिक अधिकारी / निजी सचिव / निरीक्षक / वरिष्ठ अनुवादक Administrative Officer/ Private Secretary/ Inspector/ Sr. Hindi Translator	स्तर 7 / LEVEL 7
12	कार्यपालक सहायक/आशुलिपिक (ग्रेड-।) /कनिष्ठ अनुवादक Executive Assistant/Hindi Translator/ Stenographer (Grade-I)/ Junior Hindi Translator	स्तर 6 / LEVEL 6
13	कर सहायक / आशुलिपिक (ग्रेड- II) Tax Assistant/ Stenographer (Grade-II)	स्तर 4 / LEVEL 4
14	अवर श्रेणी लिपिक / हेड हवलदार/ Lower Division Clerk/ Head Havaldar	स्तर 2/3 / LEVEL 2/3
15	हवलदार / एमटीएस/ Havaldar/MTS	स्तर 1 / LEVEL 1

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System of compensation as provided in its regulations

Please refer to the Point above


1	Name and designation of the public information officer (PIO), Assistant Public Information (s) & Appellate Authority	Details of all the CPIOs and Appellate Authorities under the Zone can be found here
2	Address, telephone numbers and email ID of each designated official.	Please refer to the Point above


1	No. of employees against whom disciplinary action has been	NIL
2	Pending for Minor penalty or major penalty proceedings	NIL
3	Finalised for Minor penalty or major penalty proceedings	NIL


1	Educational programmes
2	Efforts to encourage public authority to participate in these programmes
3	Training of CPIO/APIO	NACIN, ZC, Visakhapatnam Conducts training for the officials time to time
4	Update & publish guidelines on RTI by the Public Authorities concerned


1	Transfer policy and transfer orders	Inter Commissionerate Transfer policy for Group B and Group C officers under the Zone can be found here. Establishment Orders in respect of transfers/ postings of officers have been placed on this Website on Establishment Orders/ Office Orders page.

Budget and Programme


1	Total Budget for the public authority	A statement of Expenditures of this Zone for the month of March 2024 can be found here
2	Budget for each agency and plan & programmes	Please refer to the Point above
3	Proposed expenditures	Please refer to the Point above
4	Revised budget for each agency, if any	Please refer to the Point above
5	Report on disbursements made and place where the related reports are available	Please refer to the Point above


1	Budget	Budget for 2020-21- Rs. 80.00 Lakhs
2	Foreign and domestic Tours by ministries and officials of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government and above, as well as head of the Department. (a) Place visited (b) The period of visit (c) The number of members in the official delegation (d) Expenditure on the visit	Not Applicable
3	Information related to procurements (a) Notice/Tender enquires, and corrigenda if any thereon (b) Details of the bids awarded comprising the names of the suppliers of the goods/services being procured (c) The works contracts concluded in any such combination of the above-and (d) the rate/rates and the total amount at which such procurement or works contract is to be executed	Not Applicable


1	Name of the programme of activity	Not Applicable
2	Objective of the programme	Not Applicable
3	Procedure to avail benefits	Not Applicable
4	Duration of the scheme	Not Applicable
5	programme/	Not Applicable
6	Physical and financial targets of the programme	Not Applicable
7	Nature/ scale of subsidy /amount allotted	Not Applicable
8	Eligibility criteria for grant of subsidy	Not Applicable
9	Details of beneficiaries of subsidy programme (number, profile etc)	Not Applicable


1	Discretionary and non- discretionary grants/ allocations to State Govt./ NGOs/other institutions	Not Applicable


1	Concessions, permits or authorizations granted by public authority	In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act, 1944, Section 93(1) of the Finance Act, 1944 and Section 25(1) of the Customs Act 1962, the Central Government provides various concessions in respect of the Central Excise duty, GST and Customs duty payable by different classes of tax payers / assessees or duty payable on class of commodities and such concessions are notified by the Ministry of Finance through issue of exemption notifications in the Official Gazette. These notifications are also posted on the CBIC TaxInformation website (https://taxinformation.cbic.gov.in/ ).
2	For each concessions, permit or authorization granted a. Eligibility criteria b. Procedure for getting the concession/ grant and/ or permits of authorizations c. Name and address of the recipients given concessions/ permits or authorisations d. Date of award of concessions /permits of authorizations	(a) Ad-hoc exemptions from Service Tax, Customs and Central Excise duties are governed by Section 93(2) of the Finance Act, 1944, Section 25(2) of the Customs Act 1962 and Section 5A(2) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 respectively. The Guidelines issued in this regard are contained in following circulars that are available on https://taxinformation.cbic.gov.in/ (b) Circular no. 49/2003-Customs dated 10th June 2003 (c) Circular No. 707/23/2003-CX dated 16th April 2003 (d) Circular No. 743/59/2003-CX dated 11th September 2003


1	CAG and PAC paras and the action taken reports (ATRs) after these have been laid on the table of both houses of the parliament.

Publicity


1	Arrangement for consultations with or representation by the members of the public Relevant Acts, Rules, Forms and other documents which are normally accessed by citizens	As Disclosed on this Website
2	Arrangements for consultation with or representation by a. Members of the public in policy formulation/ policy implementation b. Day & time allotted for visitors c. Contact details of Information & Facilitation Counter (IFC) to provide publications frequently sought by RTI applicants	Not Applicable
3	Public- private partnerships (PPP)	Not Applicable
4	Details of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), if any	Not Applicable
5	Detailed project reports (DPRs)	Not Applicable
6	Concession agreements.	Not Applicable
7	Operation and maintenance manuals	Not Applicable
8	Other documents generated as part of the implementation of the PPP	Not Applicable
9	Information relating to fees, tolls, or the other kinds of revenues that may be collected under authorisation from the government	Not Applicable
10	Information relating to outputs and outcomes	Not Applicable
11	The process of the selection of the private sector party (concessionaire etc.)	Not Applicable
12	All payment made under the PPP project	Not Applicable


1	Publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing decisions which affect public to make the process more interactive;	Not Applicable
2	Policy decisions/ legislations taken in the previous one year	Not Applicable
3	Outline the Public consultation process	Not Applicable
4	Outline the arrangement for consultation before formulation of policy


1	Use of the most effective means of communication (i) Internet (website)	Relevant information have been placed on this Website for the benefit of all the stakeholders


1	Information manual/handbook available in
2	Electronic format
3	Printed format	Hard copy of the electronic formats can be had any time by printing the electronic format.


1	List of materials available
2	Free of cost	Free of cost
3	At a reasonable cost of the medium	Not available

E- Governance


1	English	Available
2	Vernacular/ Local Language	Under process


1	Last date of Annual updation


1	Details of Information available - in electronic form	Relevant information have been placed on this Website for the benefit of all the stakeholders
2	Name/ title of document/record/ information	Please refer the Point above
3	Location where available	Please refer the Point above


1	Name & location of the facility
2	Details of information made available
3	Working hours of the facility
3	Contact person & contact details (Phone, fax email)


1	Grievance redressal mechanism	Links of various Grievance Redressal mechanisms available, like CPGRAMS, RTI, GST Grievance Redressal Portal, ICEGATE Helpdesk, are posted on the Homepage of this Website
2	Details of applications received under RTI and_ information provided	placed under RTI page of this Website
3	List of completed schemes/ projects/ Programmes	Not Applicable
4	List of schemes/ projects/ programme underway	Not Applicable
5	Details of all contracts entered into including name of the contractor, amount of contract and period of completion of contract	Not Applicable
6	Annual Report	Not Applicable
7	Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)	Not Applicable
8	Any other information such as	Not Applicable
9	Citizens Charter	Placed under Citizen Charter tab under 'About Us' page of this Website.
10	Result Document (RFD)Framework	Not Applicable
11	Six monthly reports on the Performance against the benchmarks set in the Citizen’s Charter


1	Details of applications received and disposed	placed under RTI page of this Website
2	Details of appeals received and orders issued	placed under RTI page of this Website


1	Details of questions asked and replies given	placed under Parliamentary Questions page of this Website

Information as may be Prescribed


1	Name & details of (a) Current CPIOs & FAAs (b) Earlier CPIO & FAAs from 1.1.2015-	Details of all the CPIOs and Appellate Authorities under the Zone can be found here
2	Details of third-party audit of voluntary disclosure (a)Dates of audit carried out - 09/06/2020 (b) Report of the audit carried out	Report of third-party audit of voluntary disclosure carried out in October 2019 Report of third-party audit of voluntary disclosure carried out in June 2020
3	Appointment of Nodal Officers not below the rank of Joint Secretary/ Additional HoD (a)Date of appointment (b)Name & Designation of the officers	Commissioner, Guntur CGST Audit Commissionerate has been appointed as Nodal Officer in this Zone for Proactive disclosure of information under RTI Act,2005 Click here to read the letter.
4	Consultancy committee of key stake holders for advice on Suo Motu disclosure (a)Dates from which constituted (b)Name & Designation of the officers
5	Committee of PIOs/FAAs with rich experience in RTI to identify frequently sought information under RTI (a) Dates from which constituted (b) Name & Designation of the Officers	A Committee of CPIOs under the Zone has been constituted for identification of frequently sought information under RTI.

Information disclosed on own initiative

Item / information disclosed so that public have minimum resort to use of RTI Act to obtain information


1	Item / information disclosed so that public have minimum resort to use of RTI Act to obtain information	A lot of information/ data has been hosted on this Website for use by the public.
2	Whether STQC certification obtained and its validity	As per the Guidelines of Indian Governament Websites (GIGW) released in February, 2009, this office has already initiated action for obtaining STQC Certificate for Website i.e., http://www.cgstap.gov.in/. However, the reply of the same is awaited
3	Does the website show the certificate on the website?	Not Applicable

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