New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- Officer Trainees of Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) (76th batch) called on the President, Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.

Addressing the officers, the President said that the collection of revenue is critical for nation-building. This is the revenue that funds infrastructure, education, health, and social welfare. Therefore, they are active participants in India's nation-building process. She underlined that the tax collection should be a smooth process with minimum discomfort to the tax-payer, according to a release from the President's Secretariat.

The President said that as Revenue Service officers, the officers will perform multiple roles -- as administrators, investigators...