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December 31, 2007
Notification No.292/2007
The President of India is pleased to give his assent to the
constitution of the Directorate of Income Tax, Human Resource
Development (HRD), Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of
Revenue, Ministry of Finance, with immediate effect.
2. The functions of the Directorate of Income Tax (HRD) shall
be as under:
(i) To develop and design strategic human resource plans,
policies and processes aligned with the goal and vision of the
Income Tax Department for ensuring optimal resource
mobilisation and delivery of taxpayer services,
(ii) To assess and determine the job requirements job
profiles and skills needed for various jobs in the Income Tax
Department, and make projections of human resource
requirements,
(iii) To assist CBDT in designing and implementing policies
for systematic career progression, equal opportunity, gender
equity, counseling and employee welfare,
(iv) To operate a human resource information system by
accessing database maintained by CBDT.
(v) To assist CBDT in developing and implementing proper
human resource development policies including those relating
to recruitment, promotions, performance appraisals, transfers
and succession plans.
(vi) To design a scientific and objective performance
management system to foster accountability and develop a
scientific scheme for linking of rewards to performance,
(vii) To identify training needs, formulate training
policies and facilitate skill enhancement, and to coordinate
with other educational/training institutions/agencies in India
and abroad for training of officers of the Department,
(viii) To foster international co-operation for
incorporating administrative best practices in the field of
tax administration,
(ix) Any other matter which may be specially assigned by
the CBDT.
3. The Directorate of Income Tax (HRD) will be headed by a
Director General of Income Tax (HRD) who will be an officer of
the level of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax and will be
located in New Delhi. The Directorate shall have a Director of
Income Tax (HRD) who shall be an officer of the rank of
Commissioner of Income Tax.
4. The Directorate of Income Tax (HRD) shall have three
divisions of Cadre Management, Performance Management, and
Training and Capacity Building. These divisions would be headed
by officers of the rank of Additional Commissioners of Income
Tax who would perform the functions enclosed as Annexure 1. The
divisions shall report to Director of Income Tax (HRD). The
functions assigned to the divisions can be amended by the
Central Board of Direct Taxes.
5. The Directorate of Income Tax (HRD) will function under
the administrative control of the Director General of Income Tax
(HRD) New Delhi.
6. The Directorate of Income Tax (HRD) shall be an attached
office of CBDT and its proposals shall be put up to Director
General of Income Tax (HRD), who will put up the same to Member
(Personnel), Central Board of Direct Taxes.
7. The staff requirements of the Directorate of Income Tax (HRD)
will be met from within the overall sanctioned strength of the
Income Tax Department.
ANNEXURE - 1
FUNCTIONS ASSIGNED TO THE THREE DIVISIONS OF THE
DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
1. Cadre Management Division:
(i) Manpower forecasting and planning;
(ii) Staffing;
(iii) Proposing changes in the recruitment rules;
(iv) Drawing annual direct recruitment plan and projecting
requirement of staff and officers yearly;
(v) Designing HR policies, processes and systems and aligning
the CBDTs long-term goals to HR systems and processes,
including proposals for diversion of posts from one functional
area to another;
(vi) Identifying officers with the requisite skill-sets like
advocacy, international taxation, fiscal policy & management,
tax administration etc., provide requisite training &
institutional support;
(vii) Accessing database of employees maintained by the CBDT
for Human Resource Information System, such as training,
placement, skill upgradation and succession planning and query
resolution;
(viii) Identifying and recommending welfare measures and
providing counseling services on technical and personal
matters; and
(ix) Any other function assigned to it by higher authorities.
2. Performance Management and ACR Division:
(i) Development of Management Information System (MIS) and
Performance Management System (PMS) for capturing individual
performances;
(ii) Development of performance indicators for the
organization, group and individual posts based on objective
goal setting taking into consideration manpower and
infrastructural constraints;
(iii) Designing of a scientific appraisal system, and a scheme
of performance measurement etc.;
(iv) Coordinating annual performance appraisals;
(v) Linking of rewards with performance and designing
appropriate reward policy;
(vi) Liaisoning with external consultants to develop a
suitable system to track, support and monitor individual
performance and maintain accountability;
(vii) Designing of ACR formats; and
(viii) Any other function assigned to it by higher
authorities.
3. Training and Capacity Building Division:
(i) Organising and coordinating in-service training
programs in coordination with DG, NADT for officers of the
department at service internals (e.g. 6-9 years of service,
10-16, 17-19 & 20-30 years of service) with a number of
institutions inside and outside the country;
(ii) Development of trainers;
(iii) Development of viable models of Training Needs Analysis,
Direct Trainers Skills, Designs for Training etc;
(iv) Nomination of officers for training based on Training
Need Analysis in consultation with DG, NADT;
(v) Coordination with foreign institutions for training of
officers through domestic sources;
(vi) Developing Centres for Fiscal Policy (esp. taxation
policy) in collaboration with foreign institutions;
(vii) Organising domestic training programmes in direct
taxation and fiscal/public policy; and
(viii) Any other function assigned to it by higher
authorities.
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