GST FAQ in regional languages
THE DG of Directorate General of Taxpayer Services had in a communication dated September 27, 2016 addressed to the Chief Commissioners of Central Excise/Service Tax mentioned -
+ For the benefit of departmental officers and members of trade and industry and public, CBEC has prepared the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on GST, which was released by the Honourable Finance Minister on 21.9.2016.
+ The FAQs on GST (available on CBEC website) has been widely appreciated.
+ In order to ensure that the nature, features and provisions of the new tax measure namely GST is understood by people speaking different languages across the country,it is imperative that the FAQs on GST is made available in Hindi/ regional languages.
+ It would be desirable to complete this exercise as soon as possible and in any case within a period of 20 days from the receipt of this letter.
The eleven languages in which GST FAQ is to be made available are Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali and Assamese.
It would be pertinent to note that GST FAQ is now available in Hindi, Gujarati and Malayalam. The authentic versions have been placed on the CBEC website.
The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India lists 22 regional languages of India.
F.No. DP/Press/16/2016