Officer trainees of the 7oth batch of IRS call on the president

A group of Officer Trainees of the 70th Batch of Indian Revenue Service called on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today (March 21, 2017) at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Speaking on the occasion, the President welcomed all Officer Trainees to Rashtrapati Bhavan. He specially welcomed two officers of Royal Government of Bhutan who had been undergoing training with the officer trainees at NADT, Nagpur. He expressed happiness that officer trainees of this batch are from diverse social and cultural backgrounds from all parts of India. He congratulated all of them for qualifying Civil Services Examination. He said that they have embarked upon a challenging career by joining Indian Revenue Service. No other service thrusts such huge responsibly on young shoulders as the civil services. The motto of Income Tax Department is ‘Kosh Moolo Danda’ which means ‘revenue is the backbone of administration’. Kautilya in ‘Arthashastra’ has beautifully described the manner of tax collection.