End Training Exam for ITOs : Different CAT stays Exam, JCA to boycott

After Chandigarh, Allahabad and Mumbai, CAT Kolkata Bench has also stayed the proposed exam for newly promoted ITOs after training. 
Click here for the Kolkata CAT order 
All India JCA in the meantime wrote a letter to Chairman CBDT to withdraw the instruction . 
"..e Central JCA has given a call to its members all over the Country, who are/ will be participating in the Orientation Course for the newly promoted ITOs, not to appear in the said examinations at the end of the Course till the Instruction dated 28‐02‐2017 is withdrawn. We would therefore like to request your honour once again to kindly withdraw the Instruction dated 28‐02‐2017 immediately."
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It may be mentioned that DTRTI Kolkata proposed to conduct the exam on 31st July 2017 and the CAT order is a timely intervention at the crucial juncture.

ITBA training for officers and staff of the department

Department is going to conduct ITBA training for all officers and staff of the department for Tax Assistants and onward under the "Project Prashikshan".
Officers/staff will be imparted a 2-day training on HRMS/ITBA modules at different training centres spread across 40 locations in the country.
Training will be imparted at TCS facilities in Tata-ION centres in batches of 100. ii. To meet different training needs for different levels of officers/staffs batches are grouped into three categories viz. (a) employees upto ITI, (b) all AOs and equivalent (ITO through DCIT) and (c) Supervisory Officers from JCIT and above.
Project Prashikshan has been divided into four phases: a. Train the Trainer Program- In this phase around 100-150 Departmental employees out of those from NADT/RTI/MSTU/EDP will be trained at New Delhi on 24th, 25st and 26nd July, 2017.
 b. Pilot training for employees : To be conducted at Delhi 27th and 28th July to fine tune the training methodology
 c. Training program at 9 big locations-: During this phase major centres like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Chandigarh will be covered starting from 31st July 2017.
 d. Training at the remaining 31 centres will be carried out- This phase will commence in August and will continue in parallel with the training program at 9 big locations mentioned above. 
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Relaxation of Recruitment Rule for promotion from T.A. to Sr T.A. and MTS to T.A.

A one time relaxation from 3 years to 2 years in the regular service rendered in the post of Tax Assistant for the purpose of promotion from T.A. (Grade Pay 2400) to Sr T.A. (Grade Pay 4200) is granted subject to fulfillment on the remaining eligibility conditions required for promotion as per the existing Recruitment Rules.
Click here for the O.M. dated 14.07.2017 

Similar one time relaxation from 5 years to 4 years  is granted for the promotion from MTS (Grade Pay 1800) to Tax Assistant (Grade Pay 2400).
Click here for the O.M. dated 14.07.2017