In a moral approach towards the betterment of the tax community as well as of the commerce students, the Labour & Employment department of the Gujarat government is now discussing upon a 100 hour-long crash course on the new GST tax regime for all the aspiring commerce graduates at the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).
A senior government authority stated that “GST has brought an all-new commercial tax regime in the country. And many small traders do not have enough clarity on it. So, to spread maximum awareness about GST among trading community, this move has been planned to impart training to commerce graduates. And with that, the students will also get employment chances.”
The course would only require the student to be a bachelor of commerce and it will be of 100 hours in length as per the sources. The government official also told that “Labour & Employment department is planning the finer elements of the initiative and we plan to bring it in exercise after the State Budget.”
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Other relevant information was also given by the senior officials of the government, as they said that, “It will be a 100-hour course. And we are planning to keep it up to the applicant to choose the way she/he plans to undergo the same. So, the course timing may range from one month to three months. Anybody who is a commerce graduate can apply for it at any of the nearest ITI centres by paying nominal fees of Rs 50.”
He said that the visiting faculties are in the final round of selection and the faculty test has been earlier conducted according to the requirements of the course. According to the statistics, Gujarat has a total of 287 ITI centres and course will be provided at all these centres. The GST course to be available will be related to the service sector given in the ITTs.
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