Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, VP Singh Badnore attended a seminar in view of goods and service tax upcoming recently to overtake many taxes prevalent in the country. Mr. Badnore said that “The GST system is a revolutionary step in the taxation system. It will help both the dealers and the government.”
The Governor was the chief guest at the seminar on “GST: Overview and Challenges” which was conducted at the Hotel Mount view, and the seminar was held by the Excise and Taxation Department, Chandigarh Administration for the merchants.
There was gathering of prominent personalities in which the Member of parliament Kiran Kher was there, along with Parimal Rai, Adviser to the Administrator, Sarvjit Singh, Finance Secretary-cum-Secretary Excise and Taxation, Ajit Balaji Joshi, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, and Rakesh Kumar Popli, Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner, were there present on the occasion on the redressal of the new issue garnered by the GST.
The Adviser to the Administer Mr. Parimal Rai mentioned some of the delighting facts, that there have been 16,500 registered merchants in present out of which 12,000 has migrated themselves to the newly introduced GSTN portal successfully.
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The speakers Rajan Datt, Joint Commissioner, Central Excise, Ravneet Khurana, Deputy Commissioner (GST), CBEC, and Ajay Jagga mentioned some of the important points and made a clarification about the GST. While there were many other important authoritative members present including various trade associations of Chandigarh- Beopar Mandal, Industry Association, Grain Market Association, Marble Market Association, Chamber of Commerce.