For effective implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from next financial year onwards in the state, Haryana Government has restructured the Excise and Taxation Department.
Apart from this, the State Government has also sanctioned two posts each of District Excise and Taxation Commissioners (Inspection) for districts Gurugram and Faridabad, said Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Friday.
He said that the Government has created a new range at Rohtak for the purpose of tax administration, thus increasing the total number of ranges to five.
At present, ranges are functional at Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram and Hisar. The Ambala range comprises Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kaithal, Kurukshetra and Karnal. Similarly, Faridabad range comprises Faridabad (East), Faridabad (West), Faridabad (North), Faridabad (South) and Palwal.
He said that Gurugram range comprises Gurugram (East), Gurugram (West), Gurugram (North), Gurugram (South) and Mewat. The Hisar range comprises Hisar, Jind, Fatehabad, Sirsa and Bhiwani.
Now, the newly-created Rohtak range comprises Rohtak, Panipat, Sonepat, Rewari, Narnaul and Jhajjar, he added.
The Minister said that the Government has bifurcated district Gurugram into two new Excise Districts, that is, Gurugram (East) and (West) to administer various Acts of the Department.