National Academy of Customs and Indirect taxes launched in Andhra Pradesh

The Prime Minister interacted with Officer Trainees of the 74th and 75th batches of the Indian Revenue Service (Custom & Indirect Taxes) as well as officer trainees of the Royal Civil Service of Bhutan.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that the new campus of NACIN will create new dimensions of good governance and give a boost to trade and industry in the nation.

He talked about the tax reforms in the last 10 years. He recalled multiple, non-transparent tax systems of earlier times. “We gave the country a modern system in the form of GST and simplified income tax and introduced faceless assessment. All these reforms have resulted in record tax collection”.. ‘We are returning people’s money through various schemes’, he added. The reforms after 2014 have resulted in tax savings of about 2.5 lakh crore rupees for the citizens. He said that the number of taxpayers is consistently increasing in the country.

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said, the preeminent institution that enables comprehensive training and capacity building in the fields of customs, indirect taxes, and narcotics control. For officers representing various entities such as CBIC, Narcotics Control Bureau.

 Speaking on the occasion, Union Finance Minister  NirmalaSitharaman said that, “This is an Institute of National Importance where the Indian Revenue Service officials will get their training like how the IAS officers get their training in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and IPS officers get their training at SardarVallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy. This is recognised by World Customs  organisation and is capable of training officers from South East Asian countries also. I would like to thank Shri Narendra Modi ji for gracing the occasion. 

Mr Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect taxes and customs said, “NACIN campus is sprawling across 500 acres of land and will serve as a temple of learning with state-of-art technologies. Despite the vast area and challenging terrain, the buildings of the campus have taken shape at unprecedented pace and the facility has been made ready in short span of 18 months.With international collaborations and a focus on regional capacity building, the Academy is slated to emerge as a pioneer in excellence and professional training.”

The academy is the apex institution of the Government of India for capacity building in the field of Indirect Taxation (Customs, Central Excise and Goods and Services Tax) and Narcotics Control Administration.