National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes and Narcotics

Over the last two decades, NACIN along with its nine regional training institutes, has been conducting the professional training programme for officer trainees of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Tax).

Starting in the last week of December each year, after the three-month long Foundation Course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, the professional training programme involves over eighteen months of class room and on-the job-training. Officer trainees are trained in the administration of customs, Goods and service tax, excise and service taxes, Service Tax, VAT. Valuation, Audit, and Enforcement through a combination of class room sessions and visits to departmental locations across the length and breadth of the country.

The Academy also conducts Mid-Career Training Programs for officers of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central GST) at the transition to specific milestones of their tenure.

Apart from training of the Group A direct recruits, NACIN and its regional training institutes also conduct induction training for its Group B (both Gazetted and Non-Gazetted) and Group C officers of the service. In-service training programs are organised for officers of Government of India across several departments in the field of customs, GST, central excise, service Tax, drug laws, green customs, cyber security, anti-money laundering, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Fake Indian Currency Notes, Intellectual Property Rights, among other subjects. These enable 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 addition, sensitisation to the working of other stakeholders is built through short training modules with organisations such as Wildlife institute of India, Indian Coast Guard , Indian Navy, central Bureau of Narcotics, National Police Academy, National Industrial Security Academy, BSF, ITBP.

NACIN is the World Customs Organization's Regional Training Centre for Asia Pacific. Also, as a recognised centre for capacity building, NACIN conducts programs in the field of environment protection (Ozone Depleting Substances training) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program and modules for training on drug law enforcement with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Government of India has entrusted NACIN the responsibility of knowledge exchange, experience sharing and training with various countries of the world.

The Academy at Faridabad is equipped with all facilities required by a training institute of its standing. These include admin block with 5 lecture rooms each with audio-visual equipment, conference halls, 300+ seats indoor auditorium, 400+ seats open air amphitheatre, library, officers mess, computer labs, swimming pool, gymnasium, sports facilities, post office, ATM, 3 hostels for officer trainees and 1 VIP guest house for visitors, and residential quarters for the academy faculty and staff.[6][7]

There are 2 hostels, Alaknanda and Bhagirathi, each with 32 rooms with attached bath, air-conditioned officers' lounge, TV room, Musicsystems, billiards room, squash courts basketball, lawn tennis and other outdoor games. Additionally, there is Mandakini Guest Houses with 20 ac rooms with tv and fridge for visitors as well and an International Hostel for the overseas trainees with 12 suites for senior officers and dignitaries. All of these hostels and guest houses have power backup, room attendants and solar water heater.[6][7]

NACIN has a Center Of Excellence at New Delhi at CBEC premises.[8] for research work in the field of Indirect Tax and related areas.

NACIN has its Headquarter at Faridabad, Haryana with Zonal Centres/Academies and Regional Centres/Training Institutes across the country.[9] 4 Zonal Centres/Academies are situated at Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata; Regional Centres/Training Institutes are situated at Cochin, Bengaluru, Patna, Kanpur, Vadodara, Hyderabad, Shillong, Bhopal, Vishakapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Raipur and Ranchi.[1]

Headquarters of NACIN is expected to shift to a state-of-the-art campus coming up at Palasamudram, Gorantla Mandal, Hindupur Taluka, Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh. The Foundation Stone for the same was laid at the proposed site by Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Shri N.Chandrababu Naidu in April 2015, the institute is among the national institutes promised to the State by the Centre ahead of bifurcation.[10]