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Volume 4 Issue 7 NEWSLETTER July 2012

…reaching out

1 1981 Batch Reunion

4 Club Corner 7 DTRTI Coverage

2 1987 Batch Reunion

6 Club Corner

3 63rd Batch of IRS

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DIRECT TAXES - NAGPUR

Return to Alma mater:

NADT hosts re-union of the 1981 and 1987 batches of IRS

Memories never fade.

This became true when

IRS officers of 1981

Batch came for their re-

union at the National

Academy of Direct Taxes

on 14-15 June 2012.

They attended the

“Seminar on Strategic

Management” organized

by the academy.

The main objective of the

seminar was to equip the

officers to the changing

socio-economic environ-

ment in the country and to meet the increasing public expectations. These changes are thrown to the department by these circum-

stances. These changes can only be tackled by taking the strategic management initiatives. The commissioners of Income Tax as

team leaders have an important role in bringing about a change in the department. The seminar aimed at sensitizing the partici-

pants about the need to from traditional and routine processes towards attitudinal synergies, professional leadership scientific

structures and procedures and best managerial practices. The participants gave a feedback that the seminar has reaffirmed the

context and the perspective against which the department and its workforce is functioning. The analysis of the departmental

Structure, Process and Behaviour were widened by the seminar. The participants also felt that they will be able to integrate the

wisdom from expe-

rience and practice

with established

academic concepts

in entrepreneurship,

leadership, change

management and

risk management to

lend direction and to

strategize and plan

effectively for the

future.

1981 BATCH

1987 BATCH

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1981 & 1987 Batch of IRS relives probation days

A two-day Reorientation Progamme on “Organization

Empowerment and Innovation” was conducted for the

1987 Batch of IRS officers on 21st and 22nd June 2012

at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur. Sixty-

Five officers of the 1987 batch attended the pro-

gramme. The course directors especially came to ad-

dress the participants. Shri B P Gaur, CCIT (Retd), the

Chief Guest inaugurated the programme and addressed

the participants. Later the participants shared their ex-

periences.

Shri. Gaur told the participants to take challenges of life

and work situations by being composed and confident.

This can be done by means of meditation. The mind

which we have trained to jump from instant to instant

cannot be made stable in a single day. It can only be

done through continuous meditation. By making the

mind to be controlled and relaxed the task efficiency

can be significantly increased. This will cause an im-

provement in interpersonal competence and desired

balance in work life situations.

Day two was full to transform the participants by way

of “Inspired Leadership” going through various exercis-

es for stress management under the guidance of Emi-

nent Neurosurgeon and motivator Dr. Thimappa Hegde. The participants became comfortable when they openly

shared their feelings of what had let them down in their lives and now how to live better by living in present be

hopeful about the future. The participants felt a very reliving experience after the programme.

For the valediction Shri D K Das Retd. CCIT Kolkata and Shri P P Jauhari, Retd CCIT Hyderabad were the

Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively.

Shri. N. Sankaran, Additional Director General,

NADT addressing the participants


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63rd Batch of IRS feedback sessions @ NADT

The month of June saw the Academy campus bustling with activity as the officers of the 63th Batch of IRS had

come for their Annual Feed Back Seminar from 4th to 6th June 2012. The officers who had just completed one year

in the field were still very familiar with the Academy surroundings and they brought NADT alive with their pres-

ence. For the first time, there was an unprecedented turn out with 109 officers attending the feedback seminar

along with their Course Team - Sh.Rahul Navin (Course Director), Sh.Sanjay Joseph (Associate Course Director-I)

and Sh.Varghese Joseph (Associate Course Director -II). The seniors started arriving on the weekend itself and the

happiness that they felt could be seen all around.

The seminar, coordinated by Sh. Rajkumar Ghosh and Ms. Kaumudi Patil was extremely well structured and sys-

tematic. The senior officers who had come to the academy after one year, got the chance to not only share their

experiences in the field, but also give valuable suggestions for improvement in the Training Module at NADT. All

the officers of the 63th batch of IRS individually raised pertinent issues for improvement in the course content and

also shared with each other as to how the 16 month long training had aided them in their work.

Senior officers from the field including CCIT (Retd.) Hydrabad, presided over all the sessions spread over the

three days and shared their experiences in the field, addressed the Officers of the 63th Batch of IRS, and gave them

inputs regarding issues that are relevant at every step in the field, such as Appeals, Audit etc.

For the OTs of the 65th Batch of IRS, the high point was an informal interaction which was held with the senior

officers. We were able to share our thoughts, gain from the experience in the field and clear our doubts in various

aspects of being not only an effective IRS officer, but also a competent civil servant.

Over the three days, the officers of the 63th Batch of IRS, their Course Team, the faculty members of NADT as

well as the OTs of 65th Batch of IRS were seen sitting together, sharing ideas, discussing issues and most im-

portantly, having a good time in the academy which for the 63th Batch, was a welcome respite after one long hec-

tic year in the field.

Shramdaan

Project

“Jaitavana” by

the 63rd Batch

of IRS .


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Journey to the Detpths

Surrounded by the beautiful Satpuras and lying in the lap of the nature is Chhindwara District. It is not only famous for cotton

but also its enamoring scenic beauty. Our journey took us to Tamia Subdivision of the Chinndwara District, where our trip was to

Patalkot .Reaching there we were received by a Forest Guard who took us before the sun sets into the Chota mahadev Caves which

was an exotic experience to us. We saw water dripping from the mountain rock and we trekked down hundreds of feet to visit the

cave with a small Shiva idol and also a residence of Naga Sadhus.Patalkot is home to a tribal culture skilled at using the forest plants

to make effective medicines. The Patalkot forest is so well hidden that people on the outside did not even know it ever existed. The

modern world has been completely unaware of its existence. We were escorted by a Dy. Ranger from the Forest Department in the

wee hours of the day. We reached a point where there were traces of budding entrepreneurship in tourism sector such as ticket coun-

ter issuing buildings and parking space. But for the moment the place was abandoned. We started trekking down around 800 feet to

one of the villages that exist in the valley. It was a huge valley surrounded by the mountains. Our village was named Rathod and we

reached after a steep trek and were looking for a suitable guide and we noticed that most of the tribals were shy to talk to us and flee-

ing at our sight. One village elder called us to home and joked saying that “for you people coming here is an adventure and for us

going to city is an adventure”. The natives (Bharias and Gonds) who live there know how to collect and grow the plants they need for

food, clothing and building their homes. They know the secrets of the medicinal plants. This special skill has been passed down every

generation. We trekked back and by the time we reached to the top. Our bodies were numb but our minds were filled with thrill and

joy emanating from the touch of the nature.

Club Corner: News from club activities @ NADT


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The Joy of Giving: Report of the Social Welfare Club

The NADT Social Welfare Club (SWC), supported by monthly-voluntary-contributions of the Officer Trainees, has

been working to alleviate the suffering of some of the less privileged sections of society. The club has a sustained

association with one of the oldest orphanages of Nagpur, Anath Vidyarthi Gruha (AVG) at Lakadganj.

At the Orphanage:

The work of SWC got rewarded by the better-than-usual performance of the children in the annual and Board exams.

The club distributed prizes to the successful children. New clothes (T-shirts and Jeans) were given to all the 55 chil-

dren at AVG, for which an expenditure of Rs 18,310 was incurred. Eight senior children were admitted to a popular

4-month Computer Course (MSCIT), which would be of help to them in order to secure employment in future.

Rs.7,600 were spent for payment of fees of the course. Regular contribution of Rs 15,000 was made towards daily

breakfast of all the children for the month. Continued employment of two lady-tutors for a remuneration of Rs 8,500

to teach the children daily in order to supplement their school learning. Arrangements are being made for installation

of an aqua-guard and for conducting an English-speaking course and mobile-repairing training for the senior chil-

dren.

Other Activities:

Financial assistance of Rs.10,000 was provided on the recommendation of the President of Mess Committee for one

of the mess-employees, who underwent a major surgery. Visits to the Government Mental Hospital, Chhindwara

Road and Government Girls‟ Hostel, Katol Road were undertaken to explore the possibilities of collaboration with

these institutions. New Executive Members were elected for the second term (May to August) who assumed charge

from the beginning of this month due to „On The Job Training –

1‟ in the month of May.

The club looks forward to taking many more effective initiatives

in the coming months so as to execute its mandate ever more vig-

orously with an ever broadening scope!


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TRYST with Tiger

The Wildlife club at NADT organized a trip to Nagzira wildlife sanctuary. It is a miraculously preserved “Green Oa-

sis” in the eastern most part of the Maharashtra State and has a great importance from bio-diversity conservation

point of view. This sanctuary is locked in the arms of nature and adorned with picturesque landscapes, luxuriant veg-

etation and serves as living outdoor museum to explore and appreciate nature. Wild animals to spot are the Tiger,

Panther, Wild Bison, Sambhar, Nilgai, chital, wild boar, sloth bear and wild dog. It is 120 kms. away from Nagpur.

Nature and wildlife club of National Academy of Direct Taxes organized a trip to Nagzira wildlife sanctuary.

After a comfortable journey of two and half hours we reached Chorkamara village gate near Nagzira by the noon.

The OTs entered the sanctuary through the Sakoli gate and at the entrance a guide was allotted . Thus began the jour-

ney into the Wild.

In the first point, there was a good news from the returning tourists that tiger could be spotted at Point no. 7. On the

way fearless langur and scared Chital and Sambhar - prey for the Tiger were spotted. However, a sight of sleeping

tiger from a distance was the only luck.

Next day, it was a triple feast with three tigers. Mother and two grown-up cubs. It was a splendid sight, no one could

contain their excitement and crawled to the top of the SUVs and used Binoculars to spot them. Then slowly vehicles

started moving and we got breathtakingly close to the tigers. The cubs were playing in water while mother was rest-

ing peacefully. It was a moment frozen in the minds. Tigers played for a long time and quickly a took a detour was

made after crossing to see them again. It was an unforgettable time of life and was celebrated with a quick video

interviews and photo session in the guest house area of the sanctuary.

The minds of the OTs were full of awe and anticipation for the open top safari next day. Sooner than the thought,

dawn arrived and the safari began The guide was a very skilled bird watcher and knows the terrain like his palm. He

showed many predatory birds such as Changing eagle, Owl and told OTs about different tigers in the sanctuary. The

OTs spotted Wild Bison and Spotted Deers in the morning and with out any news of tigers from the returning tourists

a visit to the highest point of sanctuary was made where a cheetal was spotted.

Though there was an eagerness to stay there in the sanctuary and spot the Wild dogs which were the only ones left in

the list to be seen. But, the journey was coming to an end and near the exit gates a whole group of wild dogs playing

in the water pool was spotted and it was like a perfect trip to the sanctuary full of surprises and excitement.

On the return journey, a visit to Nawegaon National Park was made and a leopard was seen in captivity. A halt was

made there for a while and OTs returned with a satisfied hearts back to the academy.


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Orientation Course for Newly Promoted ITOs

The 40 day programme “Orientation Course for Newly

Promoted ITOs” commenced on the 4th of June, 2012.

Smt.Jayanthi Krishnan, Director (Trg.) welcomed the

Chief guest, Shri.Sunil Chopra, Ombudsman, who moti-

vated the participants with his inaugural speech.

(Smt.Ruby George, Addl.Director(Trg.) presenting a

bouquet to Shri.Sunil Chopra, Ombudsman as

Smt.JayanthiKrishnan,Director(Trg.) looks on.)

As the participants had been nominated from TN & Ker-

ala, an ice-breaking session was scheduled where names

of popular personalities were pinned to the participant‟s

backs and they had to find out who the personality was

by asking their colleagues just “Yes or No” questions.

The participants enjoyed being nicknamed after famous

personalities and also got acquainted with other‟s names

and posting.

The second day started off with “Interpretation of stat-

utes- How to read the Income tax Act” by

Shri.K.Saravanan,PRO followed by Basis of charge,

Scope of income and Residential status by

Shri.G.Johnson,ACIT. The out-bound training at Pega-

sus Institute completed the first week of the course.

In the second and third week, the morning sessions com-

prised technical sessions like the heads of income,

Drafting a questionnaire by Shri.SureshKumar, JCIT,

Expectancy and attitude and also Natural Justice by

Shri.A.Selvaraj, CCIT (Retd.), Preventive Vigilance by

Shri.Vivekanand,Addl.DIT(Vig) and Capital Market by

Shri.G.Natesh,Share broker & former ITO.

(Participants during group activity at Pegasus

Institute.)

The afternoon sessions were devoted to Advanced Ac-

countancy wherein concepts like Final accounts, Sched-

ule VI provisions, Fund flow and Cash flow analysis –

workshop, Investigation of accounts , Stock valuation,

workshop on Peak credit and determination of income

when no books of accounts are available.

The participants were divided into teams and asked to

prepare presentations on various sections pertaining to

House property and Chapter VI A. They were very en

thusiastic and showed creativity in designing the presen-

tation. The teams were given an opportunity to enhance

their public speaking skills.

During the week, the participants were also exposed to

the Tally software and learnt how entries were made, the

effect of changing the entries, looking for exceptions

like negative cash balance and to copy the data from an

assessee‟s computer. They were also given hands on

training on the functioning of ITD-AST.

Senior Officers like Dr.P.Raghu,CIT &

Shri.S.S.Kalyan,JDIT, were invited to handle sessions

on Quality Assesments Orders and Deemed income re-

spectively. Allied law was also included in the pro-

gramme and the Transfer of Property Act as well as the

Hindu Succession Act were dealt by

Shri.Ravindran,Advocate.

DTRTI - Chennai

The NADTree Team. .

Managing Editor Editor

R Ravichandran Dr. Rajeev Ranade

Additional Director General-II Additional Director (Faculty)

Executive Editor: Sanjay Joseph, Deputy Director (Faculty),

For any Correspondence /Queries, kindly contact Dr Vinay Kumar Singh, Additional Director ( Library), National Academy of Direct Taxes,

Chhindwara Road, Nagpur -440030. Tele-fax 0712-2584350; E mail– [email protected]

(Printed by the Printing & Publication Unit, NADT, Nagpur for the National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur)

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DTRTI - Kolkata

The “Basic Course for Newly Recruited

Inspectors”, which was in continuation since the

month of April 2012, concluded on 29th of June,

2012. On the Job training was conducted for a

week giving practical knowledge about the field

work. The course was well received & the feed-

back was excellent.

The “Orientation Course for Newly Pro-

moted Income Tax Officers”, which was in continu-

ation since last month concluded on 8th of June,

2012. The course was well received & the feed-

back was excellent.

The second batch of “Orientation Course

for Newly Promoted Income Tax Officers” started

on 18.06.2012. The Course was inaugurated by

Shri R.K.Gupta, CCIT-VII, Mumbai The course is

designed to empower the Newly Promoted ITOs

with theoretical and practical knowledge of I.T.

Law, Accounts, Allied Acts, Investigation Tech-

niques etc.

“On-the-Job-training for Newly Promoted ACsIT”

was conducted from 04.06.2012 to 15.06.2012. The Train-

ees completed their attachments with field formations,

such as SC, Judicial, IT, TP and ITAT. Test was conducted at

RTI 15.06.2012 on technical inputs imparted during the said

attachments.

The “Course on Relevant Provisions for A.Y. 2010-

11 for Assessing Officers in Corporate Charges” from

11.06.2012 to 13.06.2012 was designed primarily for as-

sessing officers up to the level of DCsIT working in corpo-

rate charges to sensitize them to relevant provisions of A.Y.

2010-11 in order to aid & enhance their output while com-

pleting time- barring assessments.

Hindi Karyashala was conducted for the Officers &

Staff of DTRTI, Mumbai. Most of the Officers & Staff partici-

pated in the workshop. Problems faced by them while

working in Hindi were also discussed and solved. Hindi

Quarterly Meeting for Officers was also held regarding the

work to be done in Hindi.

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