Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today announced that a Committee would be constituted headed by Secretary Agriculture to rationalize market fee on commodities in the State to facilitate the traders.
Presiding over the meeting with the Himachal Pradesh Veopar Mandal Chief Minister said state government has improved its ranking in Ease of Doing Business from 16th rank to 7th rank.
Jai Ram Thakur said GST advisory committee would be constituted at state, District and Tehsil levels to ensure better coordination between the government and traders. This would also reduce footfalls in government offices. He said that the State Government would also sympathetically consider the demand of setting up of Traders Welfare Fund to provide relief to the traders and their families in distress and will examine the issue of bringing the traders under group Insurance Scheme.
He said State Government has recently launched Tax Haat Programme for time bound redressal of the compliance related queries and issues of the stakeholders and to make them aware of the changes taking place in GST law and procedures. The department is also focusing on the increasing voluntary compliance for GST revenue enhancement, he added.
Chief Minister said that all the irrelevant rules would be wiped out to ensure feel good attitude amongst the traders. The meetings of Traders Welfare Board would be held regularly so that issues pertaining to welfare of traders could be discussed. The health officials or any government authority lifting samples from the shops make payment in that respect immediately to the traders, he added.
Jai Ram Thakur said that Government would also rationalize the opening and closing time of shops and other business establishments to facilitate the traders to safeguard their interests
Commissioner State Taxes and Excise Yunus welcomed the Chief Minister and conducted the proceedings of the meeting. President Himachal Pradesh Veopar Mandal Sumesh Kumar Sharma thanked the Chief Minister for being considerate towards the demands of the trading community.
