DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WE AND THEM...

   Employees of the Income Tax Department have gone on a Nation-wide strike on Thursday to protest against the delay in promotion and other demands. Both the employees union, i.e. ITEF and the ITGOA had given the nation-wide strike call, which represents 97% of the total staff strength of the CBDT. The issues are non-filling of 700 posts of Asst. Commissioner since last cadre re-structuring, adequate infra-structure, filling up of all vacant posts, regularization of casual workers and notification of RRs for Grp-B & Grp-C employees, etc.

   The CBEC has followed the footsteps of CBDT in all respects. We have union/association cadre-wise and our staff strength & revenue collection is much higher than CBDT. The situation as demanded by CBDT employees’ federation is very much comparable to the situation in CBEC. 

For ex. :–Ø As on date after cadre-restructuring 1442 posts of Asst. Commissioners are lying vacant, which is almost double the vacancy in CBDT !!
Ø Infrastructure-wise, several Chief Commissioners & Commissioners are roaming as a wanderer, like Emperor Humayun. If this is the condition with Commissioner level officers, then the condition for the lower staff can be imagined with respect to their basic requirements & amenities.
Ø The casual workers of the CBEC from 1994 is just started to be regularized.
Ø The RRs for Grp-B & C officers have not yet been notified.

   In view of the above, we are lagging behind CBDT Union/associations. We are under the impression whatever we are getting is granted as charity by the CBEC administration !! It has become a habit to tolerate all the injustices meted out to us/cadre and to continue to give maximum output even in adverse working conditions.

    In Income Tax, the assessee base is lesser than Central Excise / Service Tax and after introduction of the GST, the tax base in Central Excise and Service Tax is going to jump in multiples of the current tax base.  If we do not react and act, our condition will worsen further.

 

For our betterment no other organisation or no one else will come forward to fight our battles. It is we, exclusively we, who should stand firmly, boldly and send out a message that enough is enough and we will not further be taken for granted.

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