Central Excise Duty on Gold Jewellery - Lahiri Committee Expanded
GOVERNMENT has constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Ashok Lahiri to study the issues relating to the recent imposition of excise duty on jewellery including the issues related to compliance procedure for the excise duty, records to be maintained, operating procedures and any other issues that may be relevant.
The Committee consists of
1. Mr. Gautam Ray
2. Mr. Rohan Shah, Legal expert [Managing Partner, Economic Laws Practice].
3. Mr. Shri Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Joint Secretary [Department of Commerce].
4. Mr. Alok Shukla, Joint Secretary [Tax Research Unit, Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue].
Now the following trade representatives are nominated as members of the Committee:
i. Mr. Konal Doshi, past Convener, Jewellery panel, GJEPC;
ii. Mr. Ashok Minawala, past Chairman, AIGJF, and
iii. Mr. Fatehchand Ranka, Chairman, All India Action Committee on Jewellery, AIACJ
CBEC Circular No. 1030/18/2016-CX, Dated: May 18, 2016