Ministry of Finance
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) enthusiastically participates during implementation of Special Campaign 5.0
Posted On: 17 OCT 2025 7:28PM by PIB Delhi
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is enthusiastically participating in the implementation phase of Special Campaign 5.0 as announced by Govt. of India from 2nd – 31st October, 2025 for cleanliness and disposal of pending matters with a focus on disposal of e-Waste generated as per E-Waste Management Rules 2022 of MoEFCC, space management and enhancing work place experience of Field offices.
As the campaign has reached its halfway, the progress made by formations under CBIC across India is as under:-
– 4014 physical files have been reviewed out of which 2120 files were weeded out as per norms.
– 921 e-files have been reviewed out of which 116 were subsequently closed.
– Cleanliness campaign was conducted at 594 places in and around office premises including public places.
– 4436 Kgs of scrap including e-waste of 2141 kgs has been disposed off during this campaign.
Under the best practices, an additional office space of 8805 square feet was freed up on account of disposal of scrap including e-waste and other non-office scrap.
– Destruction of NDPS goods – Around 26 Lakhs cigarette of foreign origin, 219.60 Kgs of NDPS drugs (Heroin, Cocaine, Ganja, Charas, etc), Gutkha/ Pan Masala and e-Cigarettes valued at Rs. 852 Crores approx. were destroyed in a safe and non-hazardous manner at a waste management facility
Extensive efforts are being made to ensure that the field formations under
CBIC adhere to the prescribed timelines of the campaign and meet the objectives set during the preparatory phase of the Special Campaign 5.0.
Glimpses of work done under the Special Campaign is as under:
Delhi Customs Zone
Delhi GST Zone
Kolkata GST Zone
Delhi GST Zone Bhavnagar GST
Vizag GST Zone
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(Release ID: 2180507)
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