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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

07-June-2011 16:59 IST

FM to Inaugurate Annual Conference of Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Tomorrow; Revenue Mobilisation, GST and Managing Innovations Efficiently to Dominate the Two Days Conference

The All India Annual Conference of the Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Customs , Central Excise and Service Tax will be held at Vigyan Bhawan , New Delhi on 8th and 9th June, 2011. The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the Conference on 8th June, 2011 while Minister of State for Finance Shri S.S. Palanimanickam will preside over the valedictory function on 9th June, 2011.

The two day Conference will deliberate in parallel sessions through four breakaway groups of Chief Commissioners and Directors General on contemporaneous issues relevant to indirect tax administration which are necessary to lay down a road map for efficacious governance. These are:

• Revenue Mobilization and Key Results Areas -Action Plan

• Goods and Services Tax- Practical aspects

• Managing Innovations Efficiently—IT Vision, 2020

• Promoting Two Way Coordination – A Field’s Perspective

Eminent speakers Dr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India and Dr. Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor will address the participating officers during the Conference. The Conference shall also provide a platform for the Chief Commissioners and Directors General to discuss various technical issues and share best practices in an open house on 9th June, 2011.

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Goods and Services Tax focus at annual conference highlights practical implementation and indirect tax governance. Annual All-India conference of Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax will convene as a two-day forum to address priorities in indirect tax administration, focusing on Revenue Mobilization through Key Results Areas and an Action Plan, practical aspects of the Goods and Services Tax, an IT roadmap for managing innovations, and measures to enhance two-way coordination, with parallel sessions and an open-house for sharing technical issues and best practices.