GST - Central Revenue Officers Protest
STAFF Associations of CBEC recently met in Mumbai and passed many resolutions on GST. Their grievances included:
1. Failure to take into confidence the Staff Associations in CBEC on Organizational Structure & HR issues.
2. Service Tax [Services above threshold level falling within GST] Administration to be in the exclusive domain of the Centre.
3. Audit, Preventive/Anti Evasion & Intelligence to be exclusively handled by the Central Government
4. Dual Control of the Centre & States [For Goods] across the Spectrum.
5. Human Resource & Organizational Matters to be finalized with the consent of all associations in CBEC.
The Associations propose:
A Lunch Hour Demonstration in front of all Commissionerates & a lunch hour gathering in front of the Residence of the Finance Minister to hand over a memorandum containing Grievances on the 14th of October 2016 followed by one more on the 9th of November 2016, Black Badges on the 7th of December 2016, day long dharna on the 5th of January, 2017 and finally Mass Casual Leave by all employees on the day the Union Budget is presented.
The meeting was attended by Indian Revenue Service [Indirect Taxes] officers' Association; All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers; All India Appraising Officers' Federation; All India Central Excise Inspectors' Association; All India Central Excise & Service Tax Ministerial Officers Association; All India Central Excise & Customs Gr. C Drivers' Federation; All India Central Excise & Customs Gr.C [Non Ministerial] Officers Association, according to R. Chandramouli, President, All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers.