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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Argument over bike accident leads to murder, triggers mob violence, arson in Ahmedabad; 2 held
Ahmedabad (PTI): A man was killed in a violent altercation triggered by a motorcycle accident in Dhandhuka in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district on Saturday, after which several shops were set on fire, a police official said.
Two men from different communities clashed this afternoon after their motorcycles collided, which intensified when members of one group went to the house of the other individual involved in the accident, he said.
"During the confrontation, Dharmesh Gamara (30) was stabbed in the leg with a knife. He later died due to excessive bleeding. Following his death, tensions flared, and a group of people set ablaze seven to eight roadside shops. Several properties were damaged," Ahmedabad Rural Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat said.
Videos circulating on social media showed small shops engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke rising in the area.
Police and fire brigade teams rushed to the scene and brought the situation under control, Jat told PTI.
"The fires have been doused," he said, adding that house-to-house combing and patrolling were underway in the area to identify those involved in the arson.
Two persons identified as Samir and Rizwan have been arrested for alleged involvement in the killing of Gamara, while 15-20 persons have been detained in connection with the arson, police said.
