44 CBEC officials selected for Presidential Awards, GST Council JS Shashank Priya to be awarded; Full List

AS MANY as 44 employees of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) department including GST Council joint secretary Shashank Priya, Additional Director General in  Directorate General of Vigilance (DGoV) Ms Neeta Lall Butalia, down to two drivers and a head havaldar have been selected today on the eve of the Republic Day, for Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for specially distinguished record of service. The officials have been selected on the basis of their…

201 GoI officers engaged in GST implementation; told to use social media, video-conferences for feedback

AS MANY AS 201 officers currently working as joint secretaries or additional secretaries in various Central government ministries have been appointed as nodal officers to monitor the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Each officer is allotted one district where he or she needs to monitor the GST implementation touching upon areas such as registration of traders, display of tax rates in shops, awareness camps and publicity, GSTN functioning, proper billing in shops et al. They are also asked to activate and utilize channels including social media, call centers, web portals, video-conferences etc. to…

GST bills passed in LS; how top finance ministry bureaucrats react to this historic move; CBEC to turn CBIC

AS THE historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime on Wednesday came one step closer to a rollout on July 1 — with Lok Sabha saying “yes” to four supplementary legislations — secretary of the department of economic affairs (DEA) Shaktikanta Das said, he was “fortunate to witness this transformative moment” whereas his colleague in the North Block and revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia took to Twitter to compliment everyone including the officers behind the success. Adhia, a 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS said: