Organisation
The National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) is the apex institution of the Government of India for capacity building in the field of indirect taxation. Specifically, the training activities fall in the areas of Indirect Taxes(Customs, Central Excise, Goods & Services Tax) and Narcotics Control administration. The Headquarters of NACIN was located at Faridabad, Haryana in the National Capital Region. Now, NACIN is functioning from its new campus at Palasamudram, Andhra Pradesh. The Academy falls under the administrative control of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. NACIN is headed by the Pr. Director General who is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise)at the rank of Special Secretary to the Government of India. The Pr. Director General is assisted by a team of Principal Additional Directors Additional/Joint Directors General, General, Additional Directors, Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors. NACIN’s flagship programme is training of direct recruit IRS (C&IT) officers. Over the last two decades, NACIN along with its Zonal Training Institutes has been conducting professional training programme for direct recruit IRS (C&CE) officers. The year-long programme starts in the month of December each year, after completion of three months’ Foundation Course of the officer-trainees at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. Officer-trainees are trained in the administration of Customs, Central Excise and Goods & Services Tax (GST) through a combination of class room sessions and visits to various field formations across the length and breadth of the country. In addition, short visits are also organized to other prominent agencies and institutions such as Wildlife Institute of India, Coast Guard and S.V.P. National Police Academy etc. The Academy also conducts Mid-Career Training Programs for senior officers of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) at critical transition stages of their career progression. In addition to the main campus in Palasamudram, NACIN also operates from 18 other locations known as Zonal Training Institutes (ZTIs) located at Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Shillong, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Vishakhaptnam, Bhubneshwar, Vadodara and Regional Training Institutes at Raipur and Ranchi. In most of these ZTIs & RTIs, NACIN conducts induction training for Group B (both Gazetted and Non Gazetted) and Group C officers posted in jurisdictional Commissionerates. NACIN also has a ‘Centre of Excellence” at New Delhi for undertaking research and taking measures to improve CBICs functioning and public delivery and to identify future challenges and training gaps. NACIN’s Multi-Disciplinary School of Economic Intelligence (MDSEI) is located in Mumbai with a mandate to develop capacity in the area of economic intelligence. It aims to become a Centre of Excellence in the Asian Region. Each ZTI and CoE are headed by a Principal Additional General/Additional Director Director General assisted by Additional/Joint Director, Deputy/Asst. Directors and other support staff. In-service training programs are organized in the field of Customs, Goods & Services Tax (GST), Drug laws, Green Customs, Cyber Security, Anti-money laundering, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Fake Indian Depleting Currency Notes, Ozone Substances, Intellectual Property Rights, among other subjects. NACIN has played a key role in capacity building in the area of GST, enabling the field officers to develop requisite skills for keeping pace with the current international developments and the changing tax administration scenario in the country. In the GST era, NACIN is the only Academy of its kind in India that provides regular training to not only the officers and staff of CBIC, but also to GST officers/ officials of States and Union Territories. NACIN has also been mandated to provide GST training to representatives of trade bodies and trade professionals. Thus, it will be catering to the training needs of around 70000 persons every year. NACIN is a Regional Training Centre of World Customs Organization for Asia Pacific Region. Also, as a recognized centre for capacity building, NACIN conducts various programs in the field of environment protection in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program. In addition, NACIN collaborates with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) for capacity building on drug law enforcement. NACIN has been identified as the training centre on Customs matter for the SASEC countries. The Government of India has entrusted NACIN with the responsibilities of knowledge exchange and experience sharing with various countries across the globe.