Nagpur: The Valediction Ceremony of the 75″ batch of 47 IRS officers and 02 officers of the Royal Bhutan Service is scheduled for 5th April, 2023 at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), at 10 am in Nagpur. Shri. Nitin Gupta Hon’ble Chairman, Central Board of DirectTaxes has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest on the occasion. Senior officers fiom theIncome Tax Department, Nagpur are expected to grace the occasion.
The National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur is the apex training institute for the Indian Revenue Service Officers (Income Tax) of the Government of India. The IRS Officers are recruited through the Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The direct recruit IRS Officers undergo Induction Training of about 16 months before being posted to field offices. During their training, the Officer Trainees are trained on various aspects of tax administration and are provided specialized inputs in Income Tax Laws, jurisprudence as well as Allied laws, General Laws and Business laws.
The Officer Trainees receive intensive training on accounts and accounting systems. Further, inputs in Financial Forensics and Cyber Forensics are also given in order to prepare the Trainees for Investigation in tax matters and financial crimes, including tax evasion and money laundering. The Trainees are particularly sensitized towards tax payer services
improving ease of compliance. Further, practical aspects of training include attachment with field offices of the Income Tax Department as well as with various constitutional/statutory bodies in India, including Parliament, RBI, SEBI & NSDL etc.
The training equips the Officer Trainees with the knowledge and skills required tofunction as tax authorities and contribute towards revenue augmentation. On the successful completion of the Induction Training, i.e., after Valediction, the Officer Trainees are postedas Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax in field offices and are charged with governing revenue collection and being an important part in nation-building,
75th Batch of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) comprises 49 Officer Traineesincluding 2 Officer Trainees from Bhutan Royal Service. The average age of the Batch is 28 years. There are 15 lady Officer Trainees in the batch which is about 30.6 percent of the totalBatch strength. The Batch is represented by 16 states and Union territories of India. The largest number of Officer Trainees come from Kerala (9) followed by Uttar Pradesh (8),Jharkhand (6), Maharashtra and Karnataka with (4) each and Bihar (3). As regards their education, 73 percent of the Officer trainees have an engineering background. The batch also includes 3 Officer Trainees from Medical sciences background, 3 OTs from commerce and one Officer Trainee from the Law background. 53 percent of Officer Trainees have previouswork experience. 33 percent of Officer Trainees ate from Rural background and rest of them come from Urban or Semi-urban regions.
