KARNATAKA CUSTOMS CENTRAL EXCISE SERVICE TAX AND LTU MINISTERIAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

  This blog has been updating our readers about the latest activities of the Association which has recently inducted some new office bearers thus bringing renewed energy and vigour in the initiatives. Several letters were written to schedule meetings with Board officials and appointments were fixed. Click here to read our previous blog dated 17-09-2020 Click here to read our previous blog dated 19-09-2020 In this regard, it was already informed about well-awaited meetings of our AIB office bearers (Com. Awadesh Maurya, President as well as Com. Chitrasain Garg, SG, AIB) on 22-09-2020 with Member (P&V) and JS (Admin). The meetings went optimistacally well and there were some positive outcomes from the said interactions. Let's read below what our AIB has to say (excerpts from the SG Com. Chitrasain Garg): 1. Meeting with Member (P&V) - We (President & SG) attended the meeting, where JS (Admin) along with Sh. R.K. Jha, DS was also present on behalf of the Administration.

Comrades! 28-09-2020 marks 5 years of the draconian EA RRs. It was this day 5 years ago that the lives of CBIC TAs were changed forever.  A Twitter campaign has been planned by AIB on the said date all day. Everyone is requested to create your Twitter account and tweet aggressively.  In this regard, an online meeting has been scheduled by the Karnataka Ministerial Association on Saturday (26-09-2020) at 12 noon on CISCO WebEx to discuss about the following issues: 1. Details regarding the Twitter campaign 2. Tips and tricks/do's and don'ts to follow 3. Appraising about the recent AIB activities 4. QnA session with Harsh Chaturvedi, Organising Secretary as well as SV Srinivas, GS, Vizag Zone (Southern Regional Secretary) Everyone's requested to attend the e-session at noon on 26th Saturday. Show your support and voice your concerns. Thank you! Follow our Twitter account @karnataka_min       All Comments/correspondences may be addressed to karccemoa@gmail.com

  To, All the Drawing & Disbursing Officers Bengaluru - PCCO, East, West, South, North GST Commtes. B’luru North West – Davangere, Haveri, Chitradurga Divisions Mysuru - Bannimantap, Siddharthanagar, Lakshmipuram, Hassan, Vijayanagar, Rural, Shivamogga Divisions Mangaluru – East, Udupi, North, South, Karwar Divisions Belagavi – Bellary, Hubli, Gulbarga, Rural, City, Hospet, Bijapur, Dharwad Divisions B’luru Audit-I, Audit-II B’luru Appeals-I, Appeals-II Mysuru Appeals/Belagavi Appeals Mysuru Audit/Belagavi Audit City Customs, ICD Division, Bengaluru Airport & ACC, Bengaluru Mangaluru Customs  Sir/Madam, It is requested that an Annual Subscription fee of Rs. 600/- (Rupees Six Hundred only) for the Financial Year 2020-21 may be deducted from each Ministerial Officer (members of the Association) working under your formation from their pay of October 2020 and credited to the Association’s Bank Account as detailed hereunder: 1. Bank Name & Branch    :    Canara Bank, Cunningham

Another day and yet another initiative by AIB to strike up further conversations with the higher-ups! In our previous blog, we had mentioned about getting appointments with Member (P&V) as well as JS (Admin) to discuss about various issues plaguing the Ministerial cadre.  Click here to read more about it Similarly, many of you would also be well aware that with respect to the issue of insertion of retention/protection clause in the RRs of Executive Assistant, DOPT had returned back the file with a query.  In this regard, a letter is being sent to Sh. Anindya Bhattacharya, Deputy Secretary, DOPT, requesting for an appointment to discuss the said issue.  Fingers crossed, let's hope that good news awaits us and we get an opportunity to meet DOPT as well!  Click here to the latest letter sent to DOPT All Comments/correspondences may be addressed to karccemoa@gmail.com

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. --Confucius (551-479 BC), philosopher It seems our prayers have been answered soon!  This blog had posted about our Association's quick response on immediately sending a letter to Member (P&V) as well as JS (Admin) requesting for an appointment to discuss various issues plaguing the EA/TA Ministerial cadres. Check out our previous blog about the Association's letter to Member (P&V) Now, in a major update, a wonderful opportunity has knocked on our doors as Smt. Sungita Sharma, Member (P&V), CBIC, as well as Smt. M. Himabindu, JS (Admin) have agreed to give their valuable time to our Association on 22-09-2020 at 12 pm and 2:30 pm respectively.   In this regard, Com. Awadesh Maurya, President, AIB, Com. Ram Lalit, President, Chandigarh Zonal Unit and Com. Chitrasain Garg, SG, AIB shall going to represent the Association and visit the office of Member (P&V) for a fruitful discussion.  Click on this li

Hard work betrays none The team at AIB has been working very hard to insert protection/retention clause ("retention of existing eligibility criteria") in the Recruitment Rules in the grade of Executive Assistant to protect the interests of the Ministerial officers who have been deprived of the promotional aspects.  It has been learnt that DOPT returned the proposal with an observation that "protection clause is not applicable as the RRs for the post of EA was framed first time in 2015 and the earlier promotional and feeder grade are not on the same footing." In this regard, after many rounds of drafting and redrafting, a letter dated 16-09-2020 was sent to the Hon'ble Chairman, CBIC, clarifying our Association's stance regarding this issue.  Click on this link to read the letter dated 16-09-2020. Further, Com. Chitrasain Garg, Secretary-General, AIB, also apprised the team about the following developments:  1. Appointment with Member (P&V) - Member (P&am

   No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance - Ramana Maharshi The new team at the AIB has started with a bang and how! Within days of taking over at the helm of affairs of the AIB, the young and enthusiastic team of our comrades have immediately sent letters to Smt. Sungita Sharma, Member (P&V) as well as Joint Secretary (Admin), requesting for an e-appointment to discuss the various welfare issues of the Ministerial cadre.  In this letter dated 15-09-2020,  Com. Chitrasain Garg, Secretary General, All India Central Excise and Service Tax Ministerial Officers' Association has outlined several issues which are long pending at Board level for discussion/resolution. Some of the issues are as follows: 1. Stagnation in the cadre of TA (also affecting the feeder cadre) 2. Discussion on DOPT query in insertion of Protection/Retention clause in the RR of EA 3. Discussion on amendments in the RR of Inspector keeping TA as a feeder cadre 4. Fi

   You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for   After a lot of wait with bated breath for many Administrative Officers, Board vide its letter dated 04-09-2020 finally offered some good news by announcing that they will soon be conducting DPC for promotion to the post of Chief Accounts Officers (CAO) (CGST & Directorates) (Group 'A' Gazetted). This news has come as a relief for a lot of AOs who were eagerly waiting for their next promotion to the coveted post of CAO, a Group 'A' post. It is important to mention that the DPC shall be conducted for the vacancy year 2018, 2019 and 2020, which means that this was pending for a very long time (the threat of retirment before promotion looming large for many AOs). This Karnataka Zonal unit of the all India Ministerial Association would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to the comrades at the helm of AIB who relentlessly pursued this matter to its sweet fruition!  Click on this link to see Board's let

    People make the difference. And one of those people is you. Thank you for making a difference in our organisation! A pat on the back is always a nice feeling to have - it keeps the employees motivated and happy that their hard work and dilligence are noted and appreciated. With the implementation of eOffice all over the CGST Zones in the country, we had to quickly adapt and work on the office web platform for delivering quick results with enhanced productivity. Notwithstanding the various challenges, hiccups and technical glitches on the way, our very own Bengaluru Zone tried to lead by example and started working on it as soon as possible.  Be it the off days, weekends or the clouds of a pandemic looming by, the Ministerial officers, among others, took it upon themselves as a challenge to pave the way by immediate migration to the eOffice platform. And finally our hardwork seems to have been paid off! In a letter dated 04-09-2020, Sh. Manoj Krishna, Pr. Director General, DGPM, New

   “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu  A special meeting was conducted online on 12-09-2020 amongst the zonal leaders of all the zones to select a new team of young, enthusiastic and energised officers who shall take over the baton from the previous AIB team. With this in mind, here's presenting the new AIB team that will be our new leaders representing the voices of our Ministerial cadres at the National level.  Click on the following link for complete information: Minutes of the All India Special Meeting   Halla Bol!    All Comments/correspondences may be addressed to karccemoa@gmail.com

A picture is worth a thousand words!  Let's revisit those memories and go back into the memory lane when the all important Annual General Body Meeting was held during the year 2019.  Notwithstanding the distinguished Chief Guest, Shri. D. P. Nagendra Kumar, Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, Bengaluru Zone, who graced the occasion with his august presence, many other eminent guests were also invited (Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of various Commissionerates).  The event was a resounding success in its goals as various important decisions were taken and a new body was formed comprising of young, enthusiastic members to lead the association forward! Without further ado, let us all view the pictures and enjoy:  AGM 2019 Photos!

Comrades!  The date 28-09-2015 marks a black day for the Tax Assistants of the GST & Customs department all over the country. It was on this day 5 years ago that Tax Assistants, an integral cadre of the Ministerial community, got a rude jolt as their dreams and aspirations of getting promotions were crashed suddenly. The EA Recruitment Rules, which extended the qualifying service for promotion to the grade of Executive Assistant to 10 years, has impacted the lives of Tax Assistants every single day thereon.  Hopes crashed, dreams shattered, the TAs are highly demotivated and there is no will to work in the department when there is no professional increment to succeed and earn better in life.  With this in mind, the all India body of the Ministerial Association has been trying day in and out to reach out to the higher officers sitting at Board level in New Delhi to improve the promotional aspects of the Tax Assistants (among other issues).  One such exercise has been the relentl