reducing the litigation in the Income Tax Department: Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur
MoS Finance held interaction with stakeholders from trade and industries in
Chandigarh 01.03.2020, The recently launched initiative “Vivaad se Vishwas” scheme of the Government of India aims at substantially reducing the litigation in the Income Tax Department, Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur said addressing a press conference after an interaction with members from the trade and industries fraternity in CII auditorium in Chandigarh today. Various representatives openly shared their views on the issues regarding GST return filing and other related issues. The Minister said that the Government is determined to make India the third largest economy by 2025 with all out efforts of Team India.
The Minister of State for Finance patiently heard the representatives for nearly two hours from each & every sector and segment of Industry and trade and resolved some of the issues during interaction itself.
The session was organised by the Income Tax department, Chandigarh and GST department in collaboration with CII, Chandigarh. Stakeholders from trade and industries including members from PHD Chamber of Commerce, Beopar Mandal, MSME associations of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana Chamber of Industries, etc along with CA Association & BAR Association, Chandigarh participated in the session.
The Minister also chaired an interactive session in Chandigarh last evening with eminent people from various walks of life like Academia, industry, fine arts and media. The endeavour was to exchange the views and get creative inputs to maximise and optimise the efforts of the government for betterment of the people, the economy and society.
Member CBDT, Shri Prabhash Shankar, IRS, Member CBIC, Shri John Joseph, IRS, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, North West Region, Dr. P.S. Puniha, IRS, Chief Commissioner GST, Chandigarh Zone, Shri Himanshu Gupta, IRS along with other senior officers from the Income Tax and GST departments were also present.
