CBEC Officers Tensed About Job Security Ahead of GST

The GST is approaching very quick towards the implementation and in this hassle, there is a tense environment created within the officials of the Central Board of Excise and Customs which are very much thoughtful and doubtful about their jobs security. An Indian Revenue Service officer said, “If the government thought, a change as big as GST will not lead to any protests, then they are functioning in a utopian world.”

A letter has been passed to the Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs Najeeb Shah in which the association has described some of the common points of the distress situation arose due to the GST implementation. The statement said that “with GST, the tax base would only increase, which would mean work for more people. Notwithstanding the assurances, the unease is only likely to grow.”