'Rajswa Gyansangam' concludes with improvement in Tax Payers Services by use of technology and increased human touch

New Delhi, June 18 (KNN) The two day "Rajswa Gyansangam- Annual Conference of Tax Administrators-2016” concluded yesterday. "Rajswa Gyansangam” was held in national capital on 16th& 17th June, 2016.

The conference was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the morning on 16th June, 2016 and marked a new height in the generation of innovative ideas and opened new frontiers for the tax administrators.  Modi stressed that facilitation should be the core of the tax ecosystem and the fear of the law rather than the law enforcer should be the maxim on which tax administrators should work. While acknowledging the significant role of revenue collection in the growth and development of the country, he exalted the revenue officers to achieve high standards in taxpayer friendly services towards compliant tax payers.

At the same time, Prime Minister asked them to knock on the doors of the non-tax payers so as to increase the number of taxpayers. He asked the Income Tax Department to widen the tax base and take suitable action against the non-filers and tax evaders.

Narendra Modi emphasised that “RAPID” (Revenue, Accountability, Probity, Information, Digitisation) should become the cornerstone of tax architecture.

Later, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also interacted extensively with the officers of the two Boards during two separate Sessions on 16th June, 2016. He highlighted the fact that the Indian economy is in a transformational phase and emphasised the need to take advantage of the global changes that are reshaping the world economy.

He further stressed that India is bound to become a major manufacturing hub of the world ; in this regard, reforms such as “GST” and a modern non adversarial tax regimen are crucial to catapult the share of manufacturing sector to 25% of GDP. (PIB Inputs)