Help centre for SSI Units
As per the Finance Minister’s statement in Parliament, the Board wants a Help Centre to be set up in each Commissionerate under an Additional Commissioner/Joint Commissioner with representatives from trade, professional bodies and even retired officers to help the honest tax payer. These help centres are to be located near the industries and not in the Central Excise offices. Board wants wide publicity to be given to this scheme in the print and electronic media and as with everything else wants a monthly report to be sent. Now every Commissionerate will send a monthly report and a Committee with a busy additional commissioner who has no time for anything other than reports will be formed. And that will be the end of the story. Several schemes announced with fanfare earlier had died unceremoniously. There were tax payers’ assistance cells, SSI guidance cells and a host of other cells created with much publicity. What happened to all of them? A cell to assist SSI units is supposed to be existing in every division. Perhaps even monthly reports are being sent about their working. Do we really need one more report?
Circular No. , dated 13-5-2005.