To Guide about the new tax regime, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has established a four member GST Facilitation Cell at its office.
The ministry has created a GST cell for the purpose of execution and facilitating the rollout of GST with immediate effect.
The GST facilitation cell will help in the rollout of the levy to the major industry and business associations related to MoFPI.
The cell will be headed by Shri Bijaya Kumar Behera, Economic Advisor and Shri G Srinivasan, senior marketing officer, Shri S N Ahmed, Assistant Director, Shri BikramNath, Assistant Director as its Members.
This cell will be the first point of contact to address any issue being faced by any sector related to the ministry. The GST cell will be equipped with the complete knowledge of the relevant GST Act, rules, rate structure etc.
The Ministry is in the process of organizing several programmes for the industry to alert associates about GST, and has also planned to conduct seminars to disseminate information about the new tax regime.