GST FAQ now also available in Punjabi, Telugu & Kannada

By Vijay Kumar

DDT 2970 had reported the letter of DG, Directorate General of Taxpayer Services informing the Chief Commissioners that since the GST FAQ (in English) has been widely appreciated, the same should also be made available (within twenty days) in eleven regional languages viz. Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali and Assamese 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. Chief Commissioners were nominated with the task of bringing out the FAQ in the regional languages.

It was also mentioned that the FAQ was available in Hindi, Gujarati and Malayalam.

The update is that the authentic versions of GST FAQ in Punjabi, Telugu & Kannada are also now available on the CBEC website.