Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan issued directives that programmes should be conducted in all the districts as regard to GST awareness. Teams of Commercial Taxes, Finance Department and Private Experts should be sent to hold deliberations with traders and to satisfy their queries. Chouhan gave these directives in a review meeting held today concerning GST. Minister for Finance and Commercial Taxes Jayant Malaiya and Chief Secretary BP Singh were present on the occasion.
Chouhan stated that maximum seminars in all the districts should be organised to generate GST awareness. Also cooperation from retired officers of Commercial Taxes department should be taken for this. People should be informed in detail about this progressive tax system. Malaiya informed in the meeting that over 700 seminars regarding GST awareness have already been organized in the state so far. Second phase of seminars is being organised from July 7.
It was informed in the meeting that a MP GST Awareness App has been prepared by the Commercial Taxes Department to provide information on GST. Chouhan released the GST App for traders and consumers of the state in the meeting. Madhya Pradesh is one the State of the country which has prepared such kind of App. Provisional I.D.s have been issued to 3.12 lakh dealers of the state under the GSTN. Moreover, Madhya Pradesh is one among the first seven States of the country to initiate action for dealer migration under GST. Continuous information is being provided in the state through various means of communication as regard to the GST.
Additional Chief Secretary Finance AP Shrivastava, Principal Secretary Commercial Taxes Manoj Shrivastava, Commissioner Commercial Taxes Raghvendra Singh, Principal Secretaries to CM Ashok Varnval, SK Mishra and Departmental Officers were present in the meeting.