Ministry of Finance

GST Council constitutes 18 Sectoral Groups for smooth roll-out of GST

Posted On: 09 JUN 2017 2:05PM by PIB Mumbai

As decided in the 14th Meeting of the GST Council held on 18th-19th May, 2017 in Srinagar, J&K, 18 Sectoral Groups have been constituted representing various sectors of the economy in order to ensure smooth roll-out of GST. These 18 Sectoral Groups representing various sectors of the economy and containing Senior Officers of the Centre and the States are being set-up to ensure smooth implementation of GST by timely responding to the issues and problems of their respective Sector(s).

In fact, they are being with the following objectives:

 

i)                    Interact and examine representations received from trade and industry associations/bodies of their respective sector.

ii)                  Highlight specific issues for the smooth transition of the respective sector to the GST regime.

iii)                Prepare sector specific draft guidance.

 

These Sectoral Working Groups consist of Senior Officers from the Centre and the States.

 

            18 Sectoral Groups along with the names of Co-convenor(s) are as follows:

 

S. No.

Sector

Central Government

State Government

 

Name & Designation

Name & Designation

1

Banking, Financial & Insurance

Upender Gupta, Commissioner, GST Policy Wingh, CBEC

Dhananjay Akhade, Jt. Commissioner, Maharashtra

2

Telecom

Amitabh Kumar, Jt. Secretary (TRU-II), CBEC

Sh. Mukesh Kumar Meshram, CCT, Uttar Pradesh

3

Exports (incl EOUs and SEZs)

Dr. Tejpal Singh, ADG, DGEP, CBEC

Amitabh Jain, Principal Secretary, Chhattisgarh

4.

IT & ITes

M. Vinod Kumar, Chief Commissioner, CBEC

Ms. Smaraki Mahapatra, CCT, West Bengal

5

Transport & Logistics

J.M. Kennedy, ADG, DRI, CBEC

Ms. Sujatha Chaturvedi, Pr. Secretary, Bihar

6

Textiles

Yogendra Garg, Commissioner, CBEC

Ms. Mona Khandhar, Secretary (EA), Gujarat

7

MSMEs (incl. job work)

Manish Sinha, Commissioner, CBEC & GST Council

H. Rajesh Prasad, Commissioner, VAT, Delhi

8

Oil & Gas (upstream & downstream)

P.K. Jain, Chief Commissioner, (AR), CBEC

Anurag Goel, CCT, Assam

9

Gems & Jewellery

Reyaz Ahmad, Director (TRU)

Dr. P.D. Vaghela, CCT, Gujarat

10

Services received and provided by Government

D.P. Nagendra Kumar, Pr. Commissioner, CBEC

Arun Mishra, Additional Secretary (CT) Bihar

11

Food Processing

Ajay Jain, Chief Commissioner, CBEC

Khalid Anwar, Sr. Jt. CCT, West Bengal

12

E-commerce

R. Sriram, Commissioner, CBEC

Ritvik Pandey, CCT, Karnataka

13

Big Infra (Airport & Sea ports including Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul, Power Sector, Housing and Construction)

Sandeep Prakash, Commissioner, CBEC

J. Syamala Rao, CCT, Andhra Pradesh

14

Travel & Tourism

Smt. Sungita Sharma, Pr. Commissioner, CBEC

Raghwendra Kumar Singh, CCT, Madhya Pradesh (Indore)

15

Handicrafts

Pradeep Goel, Commissioner, CBEC

Ms. Sangeetha P. CCT, Chhattisgarh

16

Media & Entertainment

M. Srinivas, Commissioner, CBEC

Omnarayan Chainsukhji Bhangdiya, Addl. Commissioner, Sales Tax, Maharashtra, Pune

17

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

A.R.S. Kumar, Commissioner, CBEC

Dr. M.P. Ravi Prasad, Joint CCT, Karnataka

18

Mining

S.N. Singh, Chief, Commissioner, CBEC

Praveen Gupta, Secretary (Finance), Rajasthan

 

 

The officials of these Sectoral Groups will deal with the issues and the problems of the respective sector(s) they represent. Concerned industry Groups/Associations or even individual industry representative(s) may approach the respective Sectoral Group officers with their problems, if any, relating to GST implementation who, in turn, will try to guide and help them in resolving the same. This exercise will help in dealing with most of the sectoral problems and issues at the local/regional level.

 

 

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