Effective implementation of GST is complementary to development: MRPL MD Venkatesh
Mangaluru, July 1: MRPL Managing Director M Venkatesh said that the effective implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would ensure the revenue growth of the country and it would boost the development.
Inaugurating the first anniversary of GST implementation at the Divisional GST Commissioner’s office here on Sunday, he said that in terms of reformation of the tax system in the country, introduction of the GST was a landmark decision. This has caused various changes. It was an important decision to ensure transparency in tax collection from the bottom level. The revenue of the country would also increase with the effective tax policy, he opined.
‘GST got good response in coastal region’
Mangaluru Divisional GST commissioner Subramanyam said that after the implementation of the GST, the Mangaluru Division of the GST which includes Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts, has got a good response. In the first year, total 11,295 tax payers had paid GST and in this financial year, 12,943 persons have registered to pay the tax.
In the Mangaluru Commissionerate, total Rs 1,952.10 crore tax was collected during 2016-17 and in 2017-18 financial year, Rs 561.94 crore was collected so far. There was a short-fall in total tax collection this year because of the fluctuation in paying the tax by the MRPL is the major tax payer in the coastal region. But there was an increase in total number of tax payers. As there was provision to get some relaxations even after paying the tax under GST, the GST Commissionerate was planning to refund the excess amount to the tax payers, he said.
In this federal system, total 17 tax systems were merged in the GST and being implemented and it was an important decision taken to reform the tax system. Though one year was passed after introducing the GST, there were some technical problems. Apart from that, it has got good response, Subramanyam said.
As part of the GST anniversary, some officers who have shown exemplary work in one year in Mangaluru Commissionerate level were felicitated on the occasion.
Additional Commissioner Imamuddin Ahmed, Assistant Commissioners Sreyas and Ramakrishnaiah were present.
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Hyderabad airport receives three bomb threats for incoming flights
Hyderabad (PTI): Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has received three bomb threats to flights coming from different cities, including two international, sources said.
The airport received emails on late Sunday night targeting British Airways' (BA 277) from Heathrow, Lufthansa’s (LH 752) from Frankfurt and IndiGo's 6E 7178 from Kannur.
Airport sources said all the flights landed safely. The two international flights landed here during the early hours of Monday.
"Standard safety protocols were initiated for all three aircraft," sources said.
Standard safety protocols include isolation of the aircraft, screening of baggage and passengers, keeping fire engines ready and pressing sniffer dogs into services, among others, sources added.
Last week, the RGIA received bomb threat emails for the Dubai-Hyderabad Emirates flight and IndiGo's Madina–Hyderabad and Sharjah-Hyderabad flights separately.
Madina–Hyderabad was diverted to Ahmedabad airport.
