Senior IRS officer Najib Shah was today appointed as Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) . The Department of Personnel and Training has approved the appointment. Najib Shah, a 1979 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise). He was also been Director General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) .
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) : 
a. It is the nodal national agency responsible for administering Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax & Narcotics in India.
b. It was established in the year 1855 by the then British Governor General of India, to administer customs laws in India and collection of import duties / land revenue. It is one of the oldest government departments of India.