National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes and Narcotics

National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics
राष्ट्रीय सीमा शुल्क, अप्रत्यक्ष कर एवं नार्कोटिक्स अकादमी
AbbreviationNACIN
Legal statusCivil Service Training Institute
HeadquartersPalasamudram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Location
Coordinates13°58′27″N 77°40′26″E / 13.9742°N 77.6740°E / 13.9742; 77.6740
ServicesTraining, education and research
Official language
English and Hindi
Main organ
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
Parent organisation
Ministry of Finance (India)
Subsidiaries16 Zonal Training Institutes and 2 Regional Training Institutes[1]
Websitenacin.gov.in
Formerly called
National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), renamed in 2017[2]

The National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) formerly known as National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN)[3] is the apex civil service training institute of Government of India for capacity building of civil servants in the field of indirect taxation, particularly the areas of customs, GST, central excise, service tax and narcotics control administration. Located at Palasamudram in Andhra Pradesh, the Academy is operated under the aegis of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs,[4] Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.[5]

Training for Group A staff and overseas trainees is conducted at main campus at Palasamudram, and the training of the Group B and Group C officers is conducted at various zonal and regional training centres across India. The main campus runs the flagship training programme for the Group A probationers officers of the indirect taxation branch Indian Revenue Service, better known as IRS (Customs & Indirect Tax) which administers GST, Customs and Narcotics. These officer trainees, also known as direct recruits, are selected through the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference data1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "NACEN to be renamed to NACIN" (PDF). /www.nacen.gov.in. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ^ "renaming-NACEN-as-NACIN". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Home Page of Indirect Taxes and Customs". www.cbic.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  5. ^ "Home: Ministry of Finance, Government of India". finmin.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  6. ^ "RTI by CBIC". www.cbic.gov.in. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ^ "NACIN profile by CBIC". www.cbic.gov.in. Retrieved 26 May 2020.