CBEC chief expresses concerns over GST to Jaitley
January 28, 2017 08:57
Indivjal Dhasmana/Business Standard and PTI report:
Central Board of Excise and Customs Chairman Najib Shah on Friday raised concerns over the proposed goods and services tax on behalf of excise and service tax officials on the same dais where Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was present.
There is a lingering fear among tax officials that their work will be reduced because of the division of the administrative turf proposed in the GST regime.
The occasion was Customs Day, but officials were not pleased with the way the Centre bowed down to the states over division of administrative control between the Union and state governments.
Shah drew Jaitley's attention to 'the rising disquiet in the cadre', saying there were human resource issues in the service.
Jaitley tried to pacify Shah, saying any such disquiet would come down as GST will create ample opportunities.
"Therefore, even though you have two parallel machineries which could now be converging into similar kind of activities and shared responsibility, I think the future will stand witness to the fact that there will be adequate amount of opportunities to be created and therefore the kind of disquiet in service, the kind of personal pressure I see on you should reduce as there is no real occasion for a fear of this kind or a sense of insecurity for anyone in this service," Jaitley told Shah.
The finance minister said change and evolution are an integral part of any economic order, and they are never held back because the nature of responsibility was going to change.
"This is an ongoing process; it will continue and we will all have to adjust ourselves with this particular change. I can only assure you that there is no reason for disquiet, you can go and have a comfortable sleep tonight," he told the revenue officials.
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