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8 5th Foundation Course at NADT took off with a

dedicated focus on some of the most essential as-

pects of character and personality development of fu-

ture officers of Government of India, namely ethics,

etiquettes and team spirit. The officer trainees got an

opportunity in the very first week of their training to

interact with one of more revered bureaucrat of yes-

teryears, Shri P Shankar, ex-Chief Vigilance Commis-

sioner, who discussed the role of values and ethics in

governance.

While sharing his own experiences with the young

officers, Shri Shankar outlined the factors that can

help a young officer follow the path that is based in

values and righteousness. During his session, he also

defined the concept of integrity as a state where an

officers keeps himself free from all such

obligations and attachments which

could possibly become an obstacle for

him in performing his duties objectively

without fear and favour. Thus, even if

receiving an obligation from a party

may not exactly be corruption, it could

still amount to a compromise with one‘s

integrity if it can somehow effect his

discretion and decisions at some stage.

He also patiently answered the numer-

ous queries raised by the officer train-

ees regarding the existing situation in

Indian society and how an officer

should look forward to deal with it. His

practical suggestions emanating from

his vast experience were very well re-

ceived by his young audience.

The perspective building part of the training was car-

ried forward by the address of Shri R Ravichandran,

ADG-II, who provided them an overview of Civil Ser-

vices and its role in our democratic society, while ac-

quainting them with the expectations of the country

and its people, which they must be able to satisfy in

their career as a Civil Service Officer.

The officer trainees were also given inputs on the sig-

nificance of etiquettes, body language and manner-

isms as important means of communication in public

life. Special emphasis was placed at instilling the ba-

sic features of discipline and obedience as part and

parcel of their personality. The FC is designed to

mould their communication patterns to make them

more presentable and positive in outlook, so that

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The Foundation Course begins with Ethics, Etiquettes, Agnipariksha & Shramdaan

Newsletter October 2010 Volume 2 Issue 10

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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3 Agnipariksha

4 Sr officers train FC OTs

8 In-Service Courses

11 DTRTI Round-up

5 Sahas Camp

7

6 Sports & Athletics Meet

Shri P Shankar, ex-CVC

OTs get acquainted with the orange city in the Centre of India

their personalities present a more

impressive face of the Government.

As part of this objective, they were

also given inputs in

Mess Etiquettes

and Table Manners

by Shri Sanjiv

Baral, Prinicpal,

Tooli College of Ho-

tel Management, in

a Hands-on dinner

session with step-by

-step demonstration

and discussio.

H e

a l s o

g a v e

t h e m

tips on

being a

good host

and a pre-

s e n t a b l e

guest in so-

cial interac-

tions with

public, while

introducing to

them the nu-

ances on the use

of cutlery, finesse

of table setting and

do‘s and dont‘s of

social gatherings.

As part of their per-

spective building, the

Officer Trainees under-

took one day of Shramdaan in

which they prepared the ground and

planted over a hundred trees of

Amaltas and Ashoka in differ-

ent parts of the 67 acre Acad-

emy campus. The saplings were

planted by the officers after due

planning and consultation from

Agricultural experts within

their own batch. The survival of

these saplings will remain their

responsibility during the whole

duration of the Course. The

whole exercise, that was con-

ducted by the officers with abso-

lutely no assistance from any

quarters, was designed to de-

velop in them respect for human

labour, while also sensitizing

them to the urgent need of a pro

-active approach to prevent en-

vironmental degradation and

promoting a environment

friendly personality in them.

All these activities are part of

the structured schedule and un-

dertaken by the officer trainees

under the close supervision of

Team NADT. However, a lot of

emphasis is given to initiative

on the part of young officers,

who are invariably made impor-

tant stakeholders in decision-

making, planning and details.

Their owning up of such activi-

ties and conducting them in

groups instead of individually

adds further value to them as

instruments of training.

The Course Manual of the 85th FC lays down the code of conduct and the expected etiquettes from a Civil Service officer. The Faculty helps the OTs in making them part of their personality.

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Ethics, Etiquettes, Agnipariksha…………. Contd.

MESS ETIQUETTES & TABLE MANNERS : A HANDS - ON DINNER SESSION

SHRAMDAAN


85th FC: AGNIPARIKSHA - the team building exercise

T he grooming of the 49 new recruits to Civil Services began on 1st

September, 2010 with a day long introduction to different aspects of

team building and group functioning, in the form of ―AGNIPARIKSHA‖,

a set of eight group exercises aimed at giving the trainees a first hand

experience in the importance of coordination, communication, commit-

ment, leadership, discipline, obedience to the leader, skills and creativity

in achieving group accomplishments. Conceptualized and designed by the

Course Coordinator, Dr. V. K. Singh and Dr. Kaumudi Patil and executed

by Team NADT, the exercise was the first training activity of the Course

and set the tone for the coming three months.

The exercise is a recognition of the fact as to how commonly groups of

highly talented and skilled, well meaning individuals fail to make an ef-

fective team. Within the government, this can often become one of the

greatest constraints as unless the different components of the Govern-

ment complement each other, and unless people within those components

are able to work as a team, little can be accomplished.

The exercise was undertaken in four groups, and began at the dinner ta-

ble on 31st August, where the members had dinner together enabling

them to get acquainted with each other. Dinner began with a rule that no

individual will serve himself or herself. The rule was further complicated

the next morning wherein breakfast was to be served only by other mem-

bers without one asking for it.

The exercises were held in two phases. The first four exercises– ‗Multi-

legged Race‘, ‘Blind-Ball‘, ‗Deaf & Dumb Cards‘ and ‘Group Advertise-

ment‘ were held at four different stations with teams rotating around.

Each of them lasted 35 minutes with strict adherence to time for different

tasks in the exercise. The second set of exercises—‘the Group Model‘, ‗the

Group Newsletter‘, ‗the Group Quiz‘ and ‗the Group Rating‘ were held in

the second phase. The experience of each group and observations made by

them were discussed in the afternoon debriefing. Each of these exercised

was conducted, supervised and evaluated by the members of the NADT

Faculty, Ms Chandana Ramachandran, Shri N Jayasankar, Shri Sunil

Sharma. Ms C Tripurasundari, Shri S V Bhave, Shri Sanjay Joseph, Shri

Anindya Mukherjee, Shri Ravi Kumar and Shri Arvind Yadav with the

help of staff members. The exercise also marked the widening soft skill

training capacity of the Academy.



85th FC: Senior Academicians & experienced Officers train OTs

T he first month of 85th Foundation Course saw in-

tense Academic inputs being delivered to the Offi-

cer Trainees by senior Academicians and experienced

officers. The 15 weeks of FC are divided into three parts,

an initial phase of intense Academic inputs, a middle

phase of outdoor activities and group activities and a last

phase of discussions, interactions, seminars and exami-

nation.

The syllabus of FC includes six subjects, Indian History

& Culture, Political Science & Constitution of India, Ba-

sic Economics for Administrators, Law, Public Admini-

stration and Management & Behavioural Sciences. A

total of 240 Academic sessions are planned to be deliv-

ered on these subjects during the FC, which will subse-

quently be followed by seminars and workshops on each

of these subjects wherein the Officer Trainees will be

expected to make presentations on real life and practical

aspects and discuss them. During the month of Septem-

ber, a substantial part of these inputs were given by the

NADT Faculty including Shri N Sankaran, ADG-I, Shri

R Ravichandran, ADG-II, Shri G M Doss, Ms Chandana

Ramachandran, Shri N Jayasankar, Dr V K Singh, Shri

Shekhar Gajbhiye, Ms Kaumudi Patil and Shri Ashim

Chakraborty. Inputs on Information and Communication

Technology were given by Shri Anindya Mukherjee while

Shri Ravi Kumar and Shri Arvind Yadav

gave inputs on Official Language.

The Officer Trainees also got precious aca-

demic inputs from senior Academicians who

visited as Guest Faculty. Prominent among

them were Shri P Sridharan, Chairman,

Central Board of Excise & Customs and

Prof. Veer Singh, Vice Chancellor, NALSAR

University. Other senior Acade-

micians who visited the Founda-

tion Course during September

included Prof Mohan Kashikar,

Head, Dept of Political Science,

RTM Nagpur University, Prof

Shubhra Johary, Head, Dept of

History, RTM Nagpur Univer-

sity and Prof Neelima

Deshmukh, Head, Dept of Politi-

cal Science, RTM Nagpur Uni-

versity.

Prof Tapan Das Gupta, IMT, Nagpur and Dr Arbraham

Ruby gave useful inputs on Management and Behavioural

Sciences, while significant contributions were made by

visiting faculty from NALSAR University in Law and IMT,

Nagpur in Macroeconomics. Shri Kiran Seth, Founder-

Chairman of SPICMACAY and Shri D N Kar, Commis-

sioner of income-tax also addressed the OTs on areas of

Indian Culture and Public Administration respectively.


Shri P. Sreedharan, Chairman,

Central Board of Excise & Customs

Prof. Veer Singh, Vice-

Chancellor, NALSAR University

VISITING FACULTY FOR 85TH FC: SEPT, 2010

Prof Neelima

Deshmukh, Head,

Dept of Pub Admin,

RTM Nagpur Uni

Prof Tapan Das

Gupta, Strategic

Management, IMT

Nagpur

Shri Kiran Seth,

Founder Chairman,

SPICMACAY

Prof K V S Sarma,

Registrar, NALSAR

University

(LAW)

Prof Mohan Kashi-

kar, Head, Dept of

Pol Science, RTM

Nagpur Uni

Prof N Vasanthi,

Nalsar University

(Law)

Prof K Vidyullatha

Reddy, Nalsar

University (Law)

Prof S Chat-

topadhyay, IMT

Nagpur (Eco)

Prof Kisore Ma-

habal RTM Nag-

pur Uni (Pol Sc)

Prof Vijender

Kumar, Nalsar

University (Law)

Prof Veena Ke-

shav Pailwal, IMT

Nagpur (Eco)

Prof K V K Santhy,

Nalsar University

(Law)

Dr Abraham P

Ruby, Behavioral

Science


85th FC: SAHAS CAMP aims at building self-belief and confidence

T he second week of the Foundation course continued the proc-

ess of transformation of new recruits to Government of India

with an adventure camp aimed at creating a strong self-belief in

the officer trainees and giving a boost to their confidence level.

Organised in association with OUTWARD BOUND, this SAHAS

Camp conducted a number of adventurous activities including

rock climbing, rappelling, net climbing, rafting, and other exer-

cises. Under the close supervision of the accompanying faculty,

Shri G M Doss and Dr Kaumudi Patil, who led the group by exam-

ple, every officer trainee was encouraged to join every activity.

The Camp site lies about 10 km off the highway between Nagpur

and Wardha. The full day exercise was conducted under the guid-

ance of experienced instructors who also organised many interest-

ing group exercises aimed at giving the trainees a first hand ex-

perience in group dynamics, decision making and coordination,

and also emphasized the importance of working together. These

activities were a major lesson in understanding the capacity of

human body and helped in improving the level of belief in the offi-

cers. It was also an exercise in peer group learning that demon-

strated how colleagues can

mutually encourage each other

and promote a hunger for

achievement.

Held at the very beginning of

their career, the exercise aims

to develop a spirit in the young

officers that can help them

break the barriers of safe me-

diocrity and develop in them

an urge to achieve more along

with a belief that they can ac-

tually do it. It also aims to

train them as to how to deal

with their fears and overcome

them. For officers, it was a

step towards developing the

fearless spirit that is an essen-

tial hallmark of a committed

uncompromising officer.



85th FC: Sports and Athletics Meet

S ports & Athletics Meet was held for the

Officer Trainees of the 85th Foundation

Course from 19th to 25th September, 2010.

The week long sporting event was inaugu-

rated on 19th September by Shri G. G.

Shukla, Director General, NADT in the pres-

ence of senior faculty and Officer Trainees.

The event, that began with an exhibition

match in badminton between faculty pair of

Shri Sunil Sharma & Dr V K Singh and OTs,

Manoranjan Nayak & Praveen Salunkhe, in-

cluded matches in Badminton, Lawn Tennis,

Squash, Table-Tennis, Billiards, Carom and

Chess over the next week with all officers in-

tensely participating in the events.

The Athletics Meet held in Police Grounds on

25th September began with lighting of Athlet-

ics Torch. The March Past, taken by Shri G G

Shukla was followed by a tug-of-war between

the four different groups and various track

and field events that saw the energy and

youth of the officers getting transformed into

a sporting spirit that combined fierce competi-

tion with team coordination and fair play.

Shri Ankush Dhanvijay, the Commissioner,

Police, Nagpur was the Chief Guest in the

Prize Distribution ceremony held on the same

evening in the Club House in the C. C. Gan-

pathi Indoor Sports Complex within the Acad-

emy Premise. Shri Dhanvijay complemented

the officers for their energetic participation.



Pd. Rajendra Gangani’s Lecture-demo on Kathak

Pandit Rajendra Gangani, renowned exponent

of Kathak and Sangeet Natak Academy award

winner, presented a lecture-demonstration for

the officer trainees of 85th FC in the Academy

Auditorium on 22nd Septemeber, 2010. During

his two hour session, Pd. Gangani, of Jaipur

Gharana, who is also known as one of the fast-

est dancers of Kathak in India, and his troupe

introduced and demonstrated the various nu-

ances of this art for the benefit of the officers.

At the end of the programme, organised in asso-

ciation with SPICMACAY, Shri G G Shukla,

DG (Trg) felicitated the artists. For the officer

trainees, it was an introduction to the world of

classic arts and an evening to remember.




In-service Pot-Pourri

The Academy conducted two four day

courses for the serving officers of the

Department, during the month of

September. While one of them aimed

at preparing officers for the future,

the other provided a broad overview

on the expanding universe of interna-

tional taxation.

Windows to the Future: from

Uncertainty to Preparedness,

2010

This programme was planned and

structured to achieve some serious

professional refocusing and knowl-

edge-enhancement. In all, 18 Officers

from the levels of Assistant Commis-

sioners to that of Commissioners par-

ticipated and benefited. The august

faculty included senior Commissioner

of Income Tax Shri Swatantra

Kumar, Consultant, Planning Com-

mission Shri Arbind Modi, retired

senior officers Shri Ajai Singh

(Former Member, CBDT) and Shri G.

Anantharaman (Former Wholetime

Director , SEBI and CCIT), leading

Academics Dr. V. Gopal, Dean, Insti-

tute of Management Technology, Nag-

pur and Dr. Pankaj Sinha, Professor,

Faculty of Management Studies, Uni-

versity of Delhi and leading Char-

tered Accountant from Chennai, Shri

G. Saimukundhan .

The issues and challenges faced by

and in the Department extend from

the quasi-judicial to the adminis-

trative. Tax administration today is

challenged by rapid socio-economic

changes, technological innovation

and globalization. The need to har-

monize with the changing national,

regional and global environments is

emergent. These changes, caused by

international financial inter-linkages

and rising and inconsistent public ex-

pectations, in turn create the challenge

of effectively addressing uncertainties

and shock.

The principal approach that seeks to

address uncertainty in expectations is

Risk Theory and Uncertainty Manage-

ment. Consequently, the need for

measures to evaluate, counter and

minimize Risk in all our systems and

processes is apparent. All over India,

one common resolve has been Risk-

sensitive transformational change to-

wards professional leadership, scien-

tific structures and procedures,

managerial best practices and tax-

payer satisfaction.

Besides, in line with the Risk

Management and Minimization

approaches in vogue in recent

times, the strategic vision of the

Department has pronouncedly

shifted from its earlier enforce-

ment-orientation towards service-

orientation. The comfort zones of

genuine and committed taxpayers

have to be significantly enhanced

even as deliberate evaders and

offenders are punished. In Risk

Management parlance, Tax Reve-

nue Maximization under uncer-

tainty is to be combined with As-

sessee Distress Minimization.

How this ideal zone can be

achieved is what this Course dis-

cussed and underlined.

The Course programme provided a

comprehensive overview of Uncer-

tainty and Risk

Management ap-

proaches relevant

to the Department.

These included aca-

demic content cov-

ered in the various

Decision Science

areas of Probability

and Statistics, Psy-

chology, Finance,

Economics, Law

and Regulatory

Frameworks and

Operations Re-

search. Experien-

tial sessions/

workshops – on

Knowledge Man-

agement and Enter-

prise Risk Manage-

ment – too were

Summary of in-service programmes conducted at NADT during September, 2010:

i. A course titled “Windows to the Future: from Uncertainty to Preparedness” for CsIT to DCsIT from 20th to 23rd Sep-tember, 2010.

ii. A course titled “Tax Innovations and Harmonization in an Internationalized Environment” for CsIT to JCsIT from 27th to 30th September, 2010.



In-service Pot-Pourri ……………….. (contd.)

held to analyze the emerging uncer-

tainties on account of the impending

introductions of the Direct Taxes

Code (DTC) and the International

Financial Reporting Standards

(IFRS), besides the ongoing Cadre

Restructuring and Business Process

Engineering (BPR) exercises.

The course debated Organizational

Risk under its usual Strategic, Opera-

tional and International components.

Strategic Risk Management in-

cludes approaches in Tax Policy Mak-

ing, Information Technology and Sys-

tems, Human Resources and General

Administration (including BPR, Stra-

tegic Goal setting and Action Plans).

Topics on the Direct Taxes Code, In-

ternational Financial Reporting Stan-

dards (IFRS) and Changes in Regula-

tory Mechanisms were included. Op-

erational Risk at the field level in-

cludes those in Assessment, Investi-

gation and Administration (including

scientific tapal and

record management).

This Course brought

out the best assess-

ment and adminis-

trative practices

being currently fol-

lowed and also

placed these against

a conceptual frame-

work through Enter-

prise Risk Manage-

ment. Academic

approaches to risk,

especially in the ar-

eas of Finance and

Econometrics were

included. The impor-

tance of history and

traditions were in-

corporated through

sessions on Learning Curves and Knowl-

edge Management. Besides academic

sessions and workshops, the programme

schedule also included a brainstorming/

interactive session where the partici-

pants shared their invaluable insights

and experiences.

Tax Innovations and Harmoni-

zation in an Internationalized

Environment, 2010

This programme continued the designing

of systems and strategies for the Depart-

ment to tackle uncertainty amidst

globalization. In all, 14 Officers from

the levels of Assistant Commissioners to

that of Commissioners participated and

benefited. The august faculty included

the Director General of Income Tax

(Admn.) Ms. Anita Kapur, the Commis-

sioner of Customs, Pune, Shri R. Sekar,

retired senior officers Dr. C. P. Ramas-

wami (former CIT and presently senior

Advocate, Hyderabad), Shri D.

P. Sengupta (former CCIT) and

Shri Vijay Mathur (former

CCIT), leading Academics Dr.

Pinaki Chakraborty, Senior Fel-

low, National Institute of Public

Finance and Policy, New Delhi

and leading Chartered Account-

ants from Mumbai Shri B. K.

Vatsaraj and Shri Naresh

Makhijani.

One of the most important chal-

lenges confronting us today is

globalization and the plethora

of socio-economic-regulatory-

cultural uncertainties that arise

in its wake. In these epochal

times, ‗internationalization‘ is a

phenomenon that permeates

the cosmos of socio-politico-

economic discourse. The Depart-

ment – in its several capacities

as a critical player in the na-

tion‘s developmental fortunes –



is not immune to its influence

and the forces generated in its

wake. Taxation is derived from

the economic valuation of as-

sets and their transactions and

of people and their interactions

that generate such value. The

connectivities that taxation has

with the changes and chal-

lenges thrown up by globaliza-

tion therefore is manifold and

exist along the regulatory, psy-

cho-emotional, macro-economic,

polito-governance, accounting-

financial and legal dimensions. If it

is to progress towards its targets

and succeed in its endeavors, inter-

nalization of internationaliza-

tion is required.

The course sought to plan the future

for the Department by innovating,

re-modelling and re-engineering

ideas, products and processes, and

by harmonizing – individually and

collectively – with the globalized

interdisciplinary context and envi-

ronment. Dealing with uncertainty

could involve a) strategies of con-

frontation followed by annihilation

or reduction b) avoidance or c) bene-

ficial harmonization with the trends,

currents and cycles of the uncer-

tainty. The last mentioned is con-

sensual and seeks to farm minds

and arrive at a collectively accept-

able intersection to yield a common

denominator. Although involving the

greatest effort in terms of intellectual

and emotional challenges, time and

costs, this is generally accepted as

possessing the greatest potential. The

ongoing UN exercises in Global Gov-

ernance, Trade and Intellectual Prop-

erty related issues are examples of

attempts seeking acceptable and real-

istic innovation and harmonization.

The course identified some of the core

issues affecting direct taxation and

its administration in our country

through their connectedness to re-

sources, outputs and value generation

in more than one way. These include:

International Taxation avoidance and

disputes, ambiguity in accounting

and legal standards being adopted,

Macro-Economic changes, new Finan-

cial Instruments and Accounting

Techniques – that generate addi-

tional value, minimize risk and evade

taxes, attempts towards Economic/

Political/Cultural/Military domi-

nance by nations, etc. Conse-

quently, the various options

available to achieve harmoniza-

tion and overcome the chal-

lenges were analyzed, such as:

International Disputes and

their Adjudication, including

Markets, Regulation and

Harmonization (Compulsory

Arbitration, Binding Advance

Rulings, Advance Agreements

and Price Mechanisms), Ac-

counting Norms and Stan-

dards (Universal & Compulsory

Disclosure Norms of International

Transactions, Modernization of

Accounting Norms, Information

on Capital Flight, Thin Capitali-

zation, etc., Harmonization of

Commercial and Tax Accounting)

and the Harmonizing Eco-

nomic subtext of Tax Statutes:

Simplification of Tax Laws , Uni-

tary Taxation of MNEs, Flat

Taxes, Global Taxes, Tax Conver-

gence with IFRS

Looking within ourselves includ-

ing generating Internal Consis-

tency, Harmony with Global Re-

alities and Compatibility with

International Best Practices in

the Direct Taxes Code

Learning from others: including

Harmonization and Integration in

DTRTI, Bangalore organizes a lecture by Shri Nandan Nilekani

D irect Taxes Regional Training

Institute, Bangalore organ-

ized a lecture by Shri Nandan

Nilekani, Chairman, UIDAI, under

the Forum for Revitalization of

Public Service (FRPS) in associa-

tion with National Academy of Cus-

toms and Excise (NACEN), Banga-

lore on 6th September, 2010. This

inaugural ―Go, India!‖ lecture was

attended by Shri G G Shukla, Di-

rector Gen-

eral (Trg), NADT, Ms Jahanzeb Akhtar,

Director, DTRTI, Bangalore and several

other senior officers, who were enlight-

ened by the vision, enthusiasm, energy

and optimism of the renowned speaker.



DTRTI Mumbai Round up

D uring the month, DTRTI, Mum-

bai conducted a Course on

Mergers and Acquisitions - Issues &

Techniques in Assessment. This was

one of the all- India Courses that had

been assigned by the NADT to

DTRTI, Mumbai. The course was in-

augurated b y Ms . Hardeep

Srivastava, CCIT-V, Mumbai. She

emphasized the need for training on

this subject as Mergers and Acquisi-

tions are becoming very important in

today‘s economy and generally have

huge tax implications. It was a verti-

cally integrated course wherein offi-

cers of the rank of Asstt. Commission-

ers of Income-tax

upto Chief Commis-

sioner of Income-

tax were the par-

ticipants. Eminent

persons from the

Department includ-

ing Shri Girish

Dave, Retd. CCIT,

Shri R. Ravi-

chandran, ADG-II,

NADT, Nagpur,

Shri Rahul Navin,

Addl. Director,

NADT, Nagpur as

well as guest faculty were invited to ad-

dress the participants. The course was

well-received by the participants.

The 2nd module of the OJT of the Officer

Trainees of the 63rd Batch of IRS com-

menced during this month. Ten such Offi-

cer Trainees have come to Mumbai for

their OJT. By the month end they com-

pleted the attachments with headquar-

ters of the CCIT, Mumbai, CIT (Admn.),

Addl.CIT and AO. They also participated

in a search operation spanning over 3

days.

The other courses conducted during the

month included a five-day course on In-

vestigation Techniques and

framing of Assessment Orders

and a two-day seminar on Deci-

sions of Supreme Court, juris-

dictional High Court and Tri-

bunal.

The second batch of Direct Re-

cruit Inspectors successfully

completed its 60 day Basic

Course on 28.9.2010. With this

batch, all the Direct Recruit

Inspectors have been covered

for training. The trainees were

taken on field visit to DT-01,

Mumbai wherein they were

educated about the computer-

ized processing of salary re-

turns. Industrial visits were

also organized and the trainees

were taken to the premises of

M/s Godrej Industries and

Cinevistas.

Hindi Divas and Hindi

Pakhwada were celebrated.

Various competitions were or-

ganized and the officials of

DTRTI, Mumbai, took part in

them with great enthusiasm.


Indirect Taxes

Tax Rationalization Economics in

the light of Globalization

(Optimal Tax Rates, Enlight-

ened Fiscal Policy, etc.

Knowing/Finding the place of Taxa-

tion in Global Governance includ-

ing International Cooperation and

Coordination)

The programme created awareness

about the need to begin formulating an

integrated policy at this stage.

The international experiences of

some of the faculty members,

especially from the Department,

were enlightening and value-

enriching.


The NADTree Team. .

Editor Managing Editor Editor

Dr Vinay Kumar Singh R Ravichandran N Jayasankar

Additional Director ( Faculty and Library) Additional Director General-II Additional Director (P&R)-I

Executive Editor: Sanjay Joseph, Deputy Director (Faculty),

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DTRTI Chennai—Round-up

Volume 2 Issue 10 Page 12


T he highlight of the month was

the maiden visit of DGIT,

NADT, Nagpur Shri G. G. Shukla to

its premises. The DGIT inspected the

infrastructure and other amenities

available at RTI, Chennai. He also

visited the premises of MSTU, Chen-

nai. He held a meeting with DIT Shri

R.S.V.S. Pavan Kumar, Addl. DIT,

Smt. Anupama D Shukla and other

faculty of RTI, Chennai regarding

the forthcoming proposals for devel-

opment of infrastructure by the In-

stitute.

DTRTI, Chennai was also honoured

by the visit of Shri. N. Sankaran,

ADG-I, Chennai. He addressed the

Officer Trainees of

the 63rd Batch who

were at Chennai at

the commencement of

the second phase of

the On-Job-Training.

He emphasised the

importance of the

OJT in training and

urged the officers to

use this opportunity

to gain practical in-

sight into the work

done at the field level.

As per schedule, two

training programmes

were conducted

during the month.

A special pro-

gramme on ―Tax

Deducti on at

S o u r c e ‖ w a s

mounted for the

benefit of TDS

officers and in-

spectors working

throughout Tamil-

nadu and Kerala.

The sessions were

participative and

all the officers were enriched by

sharing their experiences in the pro-

gramme. Special sessions on process-

ing of e-TDS returns were also con-

ducted allowing the participants to

process live returns and get guidance

from the DTRTI faculty to

solve the main issues con-

fronting.

The 10-day Orientation

programme for Newly pro-

moted Inspectors (Batch-

II) got going from 27th

Sept.

The institute also cele-

brated Hindi week with

fervour. Various events

were organized and there

was full participation by

the faculty and staff of

RTI, Chennai and MSTU,

Chennai.

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