Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new campus of National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) at Palasamudram in Sri Sathya Sai district today, the 16th of January. This is the second campus of NACIN in the country. The campus is spread in a 35-acre site on the northern bund of Palasamudram tank and has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 730 crore.
It was sanctioned for the state in 2014 as part of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and foundation stone was laid by the then Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on April 11, 2015. This can facilitate training of 80 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers, more than 1,000 Group A or Group I officers of Andhra Pradesh and other states to work in the Goods and Services Tax Section of the government. Besides, it will also be used in the future as a Maritime Training Centre for scanning smuggling of contraband items and narcotics through ships and containers. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials will be trained here in addition to providing them with a mock airport and sea container landing place for real time scanning for narcotics.
During his visit, PM Modi will also visit Lepakshi temple. Chief Secretary KS Jawahar Reddy took stock of the arrangements made for the PM’s visit on Saturday. Governor S Abdul Nazeer and Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will receive the Prime Minister upon his arrival in the state.
