GST PREPAREDNESS IN THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN (CENTRE & STATE)

PRESENTATION PLAN A. IT PREPAREDNESS B. STATUS OF OUTREACH PROGRAMMES OVERVIEW OF THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN (PRE & POST GST) A. IT PREPAREDNESS B. STATUS OF OUTREACH PROGRAMMES C. STATUS OF MIGRATION OF THE EXISTING TAXPAYERS INTO GST REGIME GENERAL PREPAREDNESS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GST w.e.f. 1ST JULY, 2017

OVERVIEW OF THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN (PRE & POST GST)

COMPARISON OF JURISDICTION PRESENT POSITION GST REGIME COMMISSIONERATES 4 AUDIT COMMISSIONERATE 1 2 COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) DIVISIONS 20 36 RANGES 100 170

COMMISSIONERATE WISE COMPARISON No. of Divisions/ Circles No. of Ranges/ Groups Present Formations GST Formations ALWAR 5 7 25 35 JAIPUR 11 54 JODHPUR 9 39 UDAIPUR 42 AUDIT, JAIPUR 6 32 20 AUDIT, JODHPUR - 17

A. IT PREPAREDNESS

IT PREPAREDNESS A. INFRASTRUCTURE (CBEC) Name of the Commissionerate All-in-One (Nodes) to be delivered in Phase-I All-in-One (Nodes) delivered in Phase-I Alwar 40 Jaipur  77 Jodhpur  44 44 Udaipur 79  79 Total 240

IT PREPAREDNESS IN FIRST PHASE 240 AIO’S ARE TO BE INSTALLED AT 28 LOCATIONS IN THE ZONE. CONNECTIVITY LINK IS TO BE UPGRADED TO 4-16 mbps AT ELEVEN SITES. OUT OF THESE 8 SITES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. UDAIPUR, SRIGANGANAGAR & CHITTORGARH ARE YET TO BE UPGRADED. LOCATION CODES OF COMMISSIONERATES, DIVISIONS & RANGES HAVE BEEN CREATED.

IT PREPAREDNESS IT TRAINING TO STAFF IT BACK / FRONT END TRAINING TO ALL THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 101 OFFICERS ATTENDED 1 DAY ZONAL TRAINING AS PER MEMBER’S DO LETTER DT. 5.4.2017. IT TRAINING OF 2 DAYS EACH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT NACEN FARIDABAD. FIFTY FIVE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WERE NOMINATED FOR THIS TRAINING SCHEDULE. ALL THE OFFICERS UPTO THE LEVEL OF INSPECTORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TRAINING FOR IT FRONT END / BACK END.

B. STATUS OF OUTREACH PROGRAMMES

OUTREACH PROGRAMMES Outreach Programmes Conducted by No. of Programmes Conducted No. of Participants (Approx.) CBEC 146 24000 JOINTLY CONDUCTED WITH CTD 116 20000 TOTAL 262 44000

OUTREACH PROGRAMMES GST OUTREACH PROGRAMMES / AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS CONDUCTED IN TWO PHASES (AS PER MODEL LAW & POST PASSING OF ACTS). GST OUTREACH PROGRAMMES / AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS WERE ORGANIZED AT ALL THE PLACES COVERING ALL NEW GST FORMATIONS, LOCATIONS WITH POPULATION ABOVE 35000 AND INDUSTRIAL HUBS. THIS WAY PLACES UPTO TEHSIL LEVEL WERE COVERED. ALL THE OUTREACH PROGRAMMES / AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS WERE CONDUCTED IN CLOSE CO-ORDINATION WITH STATE VAT DEPARTMENT. DURING MAY 2017 TRADE AWARENESS CAMPS WERE ORGANIZED JOINTLY BY THE OFFICERS OF CBEC AND STATE VAT DEPARTMENT.

OUTREACH PROGRAMMES OUTREACH PROGRAMMES WERE NECESSARILY ATTENDED BY TRAINED SENIOR OFFICERS AND TRADE PARTICIPATION WAS ENCOURAGING AS LARGE NUMBER ATTENDED THESE PROGRAMMES. GST HELP DESKS ARE FUNCTIONING AT ALL THE DIVISIONS UNDER THE COMMISSIONERATES. TRADE ASSOCIATIONS & ICAI CHAPTERS SENSITIZED ABOUT GST. CBEC & CTD ENGAGES WITH VARIOUS TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS IN ORGANISING WORKSHOPS AND AWARENESS PROGRAMMES FOR GST ACROSS THE STATE.

RAJASTHAN’S APPROACH IN SPREADING AWARENESS ON GST AMONG TRADERS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN HAILED BY THE GST COUNCIL (REPORTED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA 27.05.2017)

14.07.2016 in Jaipur First mass outreach program in Rajasthan Addressed by the Chief Secretary Rajasthan, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Revenue, Member CBEC, DG GST, Commissioner (GST) Attended by over 300 members of trade and industry from all over Rajasthan Associations like FICCI, RCCI, FORTI and CAIT attended the workshop

15.10.2016 Jaipur Conducted under the chairmanship of Sh. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon’ble Minister of State (Finance & Corporate Affairs) Draft law was highlighted by Commisioner, Central Excise. Attended by over 150 members of trade

26.05.2017 Jaipur GST Interactive session Conducted with the members of RCCI by the Chief Commissioner, Jaipur Zone. GST law was highlighted by the Assistant Commissioner / Deputy Commissioner, Central Excise Commissionerate, Jaipur. Attended by over 100 members of trade

29.05.2017 Pali Town Hall Meeting in Pali on GST chaired by Minister of State (Law, Justice, Electronics & IT) Shri P. P. Choudhary. Finance Secretary, Rajasthan and Commissioner, CTD, Rajasthan were also present. Attended by about 700-800 participants.

C. STATUS OF MIGRATION OF THE EXISTING TAXPAYERS INTO GST REGIME

EFFORTS MADE FOR MIGRATION GST Outreach / Awareness Programmes held (Upto JUNE 17) - 262. Help Centers set up in offices as well as in the offices of trade associations. Conferences, Seminars & Campaigns organized with ICAI, Rajasthan. Members of RAC were sensitized on GST. SMS sent to all assessees number of times. E-mails were sent to all the assessees number of times. Telephonically assessees were contacted.

EFFORTS MADE FOR MIGRATION T.V. interviews by Chief Commissioner, Commissioner & other Officials. Advertisement as scroll on T.V. given in entire Rajasthan. News items in newspaper got published. Advertisements were issued in newspaper at some places like Kota, Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur etc. Inserts in newspapers distributed all over Rajasthan. Wide publicity given to Live Webcasts on GST organized by ICAI jointly with Service Tax Commissionerate, Delhi.

EFFORTS MADE FOR MIGRATION Standing Flexes were put on all prominent places in the Jaipur Zone. Appeal and procedure of migration uploaded on departmental website (www.centralexcisejaipur.nic.in) & Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (RCCI) website (www.rajchamber.com). Trade Notices were issued by all the Commissionerates with procedure of Migration to GST. Provisional ID’s / Passwords handed over to the Assessees to assist in Migration to GST.

MIGRATION STATUS (As on 01.05.2017) CENTRAL EXCISE PROVISIONAL ID’s ISSUED TOTAL ACTIVATIONS YET TO BE ENROLLED % ENROLLED 7975 7136 839 89.48%

MIGRATION STATUS (As on 01.05.2017) SERVICE TAX PROVISIONAL ID’s ISSUED TOTAL ACTIVATIONS YET TO BE ENROLLED PERCENTAGE ENROLLED 53443 45186 8257 84.55%

D. GENERAL PREPAREDNESS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GST w. e. f D. GENERAL PREPAREDNESS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GST w.e.f. 1ST JULY, 2017

GENERAL PREPAREDNESS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF GST ALL THE OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF INSPECTOR & ABOVE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TRAINING ON MODEL GST LAW. IN ALL 67 GROUP - A & 839 GROUP –B OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON MODEL GST LAW & PROCEDURE. IN ALL 1581 OFFICERS OF BOTH CBEC & COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPT., RAJASTHAN ALONG WITH OFFICERS OF AG OFFICE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TRAINING ON GST. OFFICERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN REFRESHER TRAINING AFTER PASSING OF LAWS. IT TRAINING TO ALL THE OFFICERS OF CBEC COMPLETED DURING JUNE, 2017.

TRADE NOTICES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR RE-ORGANISED JURISDICTIONAL STRUCTURE OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERATES. AGT FOR RE-ORGANIZED FORMATIONS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. PROCESS FOR HIRING OF BUILDINGS FOR NEW FORMATIONS HAS BEEN INITIATED BY ALL THE COMMISSIONERATES.

JAIPUR & UDAIPUR COMMISSIONERATES HAVE IDENTIFIED BUILDINGS FOR NEW LOCATIONS AND ARE ALMOST FINAL. THEY WILL BECOME FUNCTIONAL WITH ROLL OUT OF GST. ALWAR COMMISSIONERATE HAS ALREADY ISSUED TENDERS FOR HIRING BUILDINGS FOR NEW GST FORMATIONS AND PROPSALS ARE UNDER SCRUTINY. JODHPUR COMMISSIONERATE HAS IDENTIFIED BUILDING AT JODHPUR AND IS IN ADVANCE STAGE FOR FINALIZATION. INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED FOR AUDIT COMMISSIONERATE, JODHPUR & COMMISSIONER (APPEALS), JODHPUR IS BEING LOOKED AFTER BY THE JODHPUR COMMISSIONERATE.

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