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GST Council forms 18 groups to sort out industry worries
The GST Council has set up 18 sectoral groups to interact with the sectors like telecom, banking and export and sort out their issues in a time-bound manner for a smooth transition to the new indirect tax regime. These sectoral working groups consist of senior officers from the Centre and states and they will interact and examine representations received from trade and industry associations/ bodi
Sector-specific interaction ensuring smooth transition
New Delhi: The GST Council has set up 18 sectoral groups to interact with the sectors like telecom, banking and export and sort out their issues in a time-bound manner for a smooth transition to the new indirect tax regime. These sectoral working groups consist of senior officers from the Centre and states and they will interact and examine representations received from trade and industry associations/ bodies of their respective sector.
Also, the groups will highlight specific issues for the smooth transition of the respective sector to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime and prepare sector-specific draft guidance. “These 18 sectoral groups representing various sectors of the economy and containing senior officers of the Centre and states are being set up to ensure smooth implementation of GST by timely responding to the issues and problems of their respective sectors,” a finance ministry statement said.
The other sectors which would be looked into by the group include IT and ITes, textiles, gems and jewellery, food processing, e-commerce, oil and gas, pharma and MSME. The officials will deal with the issues of the respective sectors they represent.
