Lot of people are questioning about diff between insp customs and appraising officer , about perks and privilages etc. let me clear all the confusion.
Insp customs, preventive officer and appraising offcer are in grade 16. Promotion is deadly slow.. it takes 12-15 or even more to be promoted to next rank.. unfortunately which is again 16. This is the biggest negative point. Moreover, powers are enormous and all these posts are much better than Insp ASF, Insp ANF, Insp Rangers and other grade 16 and even some grade 17 jobs. Among these three, appraiser is better. And in the presence of young CSPs, dnt expect any perks and privilages. Moreover, there was a time when customs insp had a great charm but most of the charm has gone after shutting down 'custom check posts'. salary is much better. customs insp is getting over 50,000.

Plz explain why appraiser is better among these three