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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 –
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In-service Pot-Pourri ……………….. (contd.)
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.
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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.
In-service Pot-Pourri ……………….. (contd.)
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.
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DTRTI Chennai—Round-up
Volume 2 Issue 10 Page 12
NADTree, …reaching out News letter
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.