Government functions with the help of the taxes collected from the citizens. The tax levy is a system, which is generally not to the liking of the public. Hence, the tax evasion is the major field, were Government revenue is lost. To enhance the detection of evasion, Government has framed the system of rewards to the people who help in the detection of the tax evasion. The following are a few guidelines for the people who like to help detection of Customs Duty evasion/frauds:

Under the existing Reward Scheme, Government of India grants handsome rewards to informers who provide specific information leading to seizure of goods, currency, bullion or leads to detection of duty evasion including wrong declaration of quantity, description, value etc. An information is any useful message received from the public or any person for that matter revealing fraudulent evasion of duty. It is the message based on which the department officials conduct further enquiry and investigation leading to seizure/detention. An information has to be given in writing addressed to the Head of the department, after affixing the signature of the person giving the information along with the left-hand thumb impression. An information should contain details of the evasion known, such as name & address of the firm, method adopted for the evasion, the persons responsible and all other relevant details.

The maximum amount of reward to the informers can be as high as 20% of the value of confiscated goods and penalty realised. The maximum reward in respect of gold is Rs.50,000/- per Kg., for silver it is Rs. 1,000/- per Kg., for Opium it is Rs. 220/- per Kg., for Heroin it is Rs. 20,000/- per Kg., for Cocaine it is Rs. 40,000/- per Kg. and for Hashish it is Rs. 400/- per Kg. If the information leads to detection of duty evasion, maximum reward of 20% of the duty evaded plus 20% of the fine/penalty realised can be given as reward to the informers.

CONTACT US

In case you have any specific information to give, you can contact any of the officers of  DRI.   For your convenience, some important addresses with Telephone Nos. have been listed in this website. Your name and identity will be kept absolutely confidential. There is also a provision of sanction of advance reward in suitable cases.

Officer’s Name	Designation	Phone # (Office)	E-mail Address
Shri Najib Shah	Director General	011-2337-9465	drihqrs@nic.in
Ms. Vanaja N. Sarna	Additional Director General DRI (Hqrs.)	011-2337-9438	drihqrs@nic.in
Shri R.K. Sharma	Additional Director General, DRI, Delhi Zonal Unit	011-2436-0930	dridzu@rediffmail.com
Ms. Suchitra Sharma	Additional Director General, DRI, Lucknow	0522-230-4217 0522-230-4216 Fax	drilzu@nic.in
Shri P.K. Dash	Additional Director General, DRI, Mumbai	022-2201-0320 022-2201-0321	adgri@yahoo.com
Shri R.K. Singh	Additional Director General, DRI, Ahmedabad	079-2667-0318 079-2660-4642 Fax	driazu@nic.in
Shri P.K. Goel	Additional Director General, DRI, Kolkata	033-2282-7862 033-2282-6222	drikzu@nic.in
Shri M.M.Parthiban	Additional Director General,  DRI, Chennai	044-2815-4498 044-2815-1740 Fax	driczu@nic.in
Shri M. Vinod Kumar	Additional Director General, DRI, Bangalore	080-2525-1251	dribzu@dataone.in