Section 4(1) (b) (i)
The particulars of the
organization, functions
and duties
The
Directorate of
Publicity and Public
Relations was
established in the year
1979 as an attached
office to Central Board
of Excise and Customs,
Department of Revenue,
Ministry of Finance. The
Headquarters Office of
the Directorate is
situated at
Central Revenue
Building, I.P. Estate,
New Delhi -110002. The
Commissioner is the head
of the Directorate.
Besides Commissioner,
there are two
Additional/Joint
Commissioners and three
Assistant Commissioners
along with other
subordinate staff. This
Directorate has got no
Zonal/Branch Office.
This
Directorate is primarily
responsible for
publicity campaigns
concerning public
awareness regarding Service
Tax, Central Excise and
Customs and for this
purpose all the
available media
including print media,
electronic media and
Internet are used. The
second important
assignment of this
Directorate is to
maintain public
relations.
The
Commissioner of this
Directorate is also a
nodal officer for
implementation of
Citizen’s Charter and
Public Grievances.
(ii)
The powers and duties of officers and employees
The Officers working in this Directorate are discharging
their duties as
entrusted by CBEC.
Besides the functions
mentioned
above, this Directorate
is also responsible for
publication, inter-alia,
of notifications
relating to the Central
Excise Tariff and Customs
Tariff.
COMMISSIONER is Head of the Department and overall in
charge of this
Directorate having all
administrative and
financial powers.
Additional Commissioner, Joint Commissioner
and Assistant
Commissioners assist
Commissioner in
supervising the work of
staff posted in this
Directorate.
GROUP ‘B’ AND ‘C’ staff
carry out the work
pertaining to their
respective sections as
well as any other work
assigned to them by
their superiors from
time to time.
(iii)
The procedure followed in the decision-making process including
channels of supervision
and accountability
Among the officers
posted in the
Directorate,
Commissioner represents
as the Head of the
Directorate and takes
decisions as are not
delegated to the
Additional/Joint
Commissioners. Three
Assistant Commissioners
assist the
administrative set-up in
carrying out the work of
the Directorate
including the
supervision of work and
performance of the
subordinate staff.
(iv)
The norms set for the discharge of its functions.
No norms have been prescribed for functioning of this
Directorate.
However, publication of Central Excise and Customs Tariffs,
and other periodicals
are carried out by this
Directorate. Further,
this Directorate also
publishes Notifications
& Circulars issued by CBEC on day
to day basis and
also undertakes
dissemination of the
said Notifications &
Circulars.
(v)
The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it
or under its control or
used by its employees
for discharging its
functions
The following are the
rules, regulations,
instructions, manuals and
records primarily used
by the Officers of this
Directorate for
discharging their day to
day functions:
(a)
Central Civil Services
(Classification, Control
and Appeal) Rules, 1965.
(b)
Central Civil Services
(Conduct) Rules, 1964.
(c)
Delegation of Financial
Power Rules, 2005.
(vi)
A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under
its control
This Directorate is not
concerned with execution
or implementation of
statutory rules and
regulations pertaining
to other Customs &
Central Excise Law.
Accordingly, no such
records or documents are
required to be
maintained or kept under
its control.
(vii)
The particulars of any arrangement that exists of Consultation with, or
representation by, the
members of the public in
relation to the
formulation of its
policy or implementation
thereof
This Directorate does
not formulate any
policy. However, various
policies formulated by
the Ministry of Finance/CBEC
are circulated to the
field formulations and
trade for information
and implementation. This
Directorate is using,
print and electronic
media and internet for
advertisement of various
policies and information
relating to Customs,
Central Excise & Service
Tax.
(viii)
A statement of the Board, Councils, Committees and other bodies
consisting of two or
more persons constituted
as its part or for the
purpose of its advice,
and as to whether
meetings of those
boards, councils,
committees and other
bodies are open to the
public, or the minutes
of such meeting are
accessible for public
Not relevant to this Directorate.
(ix)
A directory of officers
and employees
Details as per
Annexure II .
(x)
The monthly remuneration
received by each of its
officers and employees,
including the system of
compensation as provided
in its regulations
Details as per
Annexure
III .
(xi)
The budget allocated to
each of its agency,
indicating the
particulars of all
plans, proposed
expenditure and reports
on disbursements made.
Details as per
Annexure
IV .
(xii)
The manner of execution of subsidy programs, including the amounts
allocated and the
details of beneficiaries
of such programs.
Not Applicable to this Directorate.
(xiii) Particulars
of recipient of
concession, 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
(a)
Details of the Salaries
paid to employees of the
Directorate.
(b)
Data relating to the
publications of an
officers' directory for
the CBEC.
(c)
Day to day updating of
Customs & Central Excise
Tariff.
(xv)
The particular of
facilities available to
citizens for obtaining
information, including
the working hours of
library or reading room,
if manipulated for
public use.
The Commissioner of this
Directorate is the Nodal
officer for
implementation of
Citizen's Charter of the
Department. There is a
Public Relation Officer
looking after the
grievance redressal.
There is no full-fledged
library. The
publications issued by
this Directorate like
Customs & Central Excise
Budget
Bulletins/Tariffs/periodicals
digests & Magazines are
being published for
general public from time
to time.
The information
relating to this
Directorate can be
obtained by the
citizen's during the
Office hours on all
working days.
(xvi)
The names, designations
and other particulars of
the Public Information
Officers.
Details as per
Annexure
I .
(xvii)
Such other information
as may be prescribed,
and
there after update
publications every year.
Nil.
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