
Sectoral Working Groups under GST
Sectoral Working Groups was established by the GST Council to create a smooth rollout and transmission period for GST. After the rollout of GST, Sectoral Working Groups will help the GST Council address GST related problems faced by each of the sectors represented by them. Sectoral Working Groups consists of Senior Officers of the Central and State Government. Some of the major objectives of Sectoral Working Groups are:- Interacting and examining representations received from trade and industry associations/bodies of their respective sector.
- Highlighting to the GST Council specific issues for the smooth transition of the respective sector to the GST regime.
- Preparing sector-specific draft GST guidance.
No. |
Sector |
Central Government |
State Government |
Name & Designation |
Name & Designation |
||
1 | Banking, Financial & Insurance | Upender Gupta, Commissioner, GST Policy Wingh, CBEC | Dhananjay Akhade, Jt. Commissioner, Maharashtra |
2 | Telecom | Amitabh Kumar, Jt. Secretary (TRU-II), CBEC | Sh. Mukesh Kumar Meshram, CCT, Uttar Pradesh |
3 | Exports (incl EOUs and SEZs) | Dr. Tejpal Singh, ADG, DGEP, CBEC | Amitabh Jain, Principal Secretary, Chhattisgarh |
4. | IT & ITes | M. Vinod Kumar, Chief Commissioner, CBEC | Ms. Smaraki Mahapatra, CCT, West Bengal |
5 | Transport & Logistics | J.M. Kennedy, ADG, DRI, CBEC | Ms. Sujatha Chaturvedi, Pr. Secretary, Bihar |
6 | Textiles | Yogendra Garg, Commissioner, CBEC | Ms. Mona Khandhar, Secretary (EA), Gujarat |
7 | MSMEs (incl. job work) | Manish Sinha, Commissioner, CBEC & GST Council | H. Rajesh Prasad, Commissioner, VAT, Delhi |
8 | Oil & Gas (upstream & downstream) | P.K. Jain, Chief Commissioner, (AR), CBEC | Anurag Goel, CCT, Assam |
9 | Gems & Jewellery | Reyaz Ahmad, Director (TRU) | Dr. P.D. Vaghela, CCT, Gujarat |
10 | Services received and provided by Government | D.P. Nagendra Kumar, Pr. Commissioner, CBEC | Arun Mishra, Additional Secretary (CT) Bihar |
11 | Food Processing | Ajay Jain, Chief Commissioner, CBEC | Khalid Anwar, Sr. Jt. CCT, West Bengal |
12 | E-commerce | R. Sriram, Commissioner, CBEC | Ritvik Pandey, CCT, Karnataka |
13 | Big Infra (Airport & Sea ports including Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul, Power Sector, Housing and Construction) | Sandeep Prakash, Commissioner, CBEC | J. Syamala Rao, CCT, Andhra Pradesh |
14 | Travel & Tourism | Smt. Sungita Sharma, Pr. Commissioner, CBEC | Raghwendra Kumar Singh, CCT, Madhya Pradesh (Indore) |
15 | Handicrafts | Pradeep Goel, Commissioner, CBEC | Ms. Sangeetha P. CCT, Chhattisgarh |
16 | Media & Entertainment | M. Srinivas, Commissioner, CBEC | Omnarayan Chainsukhji Bhangdiya, Addl. Commissioner, Sales Tax, Maharashtra, Pune |
17 | Drugs & Pharmaceuticals | A.R.S. Kumar, Commissioner, CBEC | Dr. M.P. Ravi Prasad, Joint CCT, Karnataka |
18 | Mining | S.N. Singh, Chief, Commissioner, CBEC | Praveen Gupta, Secretary (Finance), Rajasthan |
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