CBEC Pavilion at India International Trade Fair 2012
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.REVENUE Secretary Sumit Bose inaugurated the CBEC PAVILION at 32nd India International Trade Fair 2012, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in presence of Praveen Mahajan, Chairperson, Central Board of Excise and Customs, Shobha L. Chary, Member (P&V), and Lipika Majumdar Roy Chaudhary, Member (ST) and other senior officers of the department.
This is the first time that CBEC has come up with a pavilion at the IITF. CBEC PAVILION show cases the achievements of the department in administration of all three taxes, viz., Customs Duty, Central Excise Duty and Service Tax with a focus on the NEW APPROACH TO TAXATION OF SERVICES, WHEREIN ALL SERVICES ARE TAXABLE EXCEPT THOSE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEGATIVE LIST OR ARE IN THE EXEMPTED CATEGORY.
The Pavilion has an interactive format to engage visitors with skits, quiz shows and painting and singing competition for children.
The pavilion has also highlighted the martyrs of the department who have laid down their lives on the call of duty and sports heroes like Leslie Claudius, Anju Bobby George, Gulshan Rai - all Padma Shri awardees. It has also brought out the role of Customs Department in environmental protection by way of GREEN CUSTOMS INITIATIVE.
But how about providing some financial assistance to Leslie Claudius?