As decided in the 14th
Meeting of the GST Council held on 18th-19th May, 2017 in
Srinagar, J&K, 18 Sectoral Groups have been constituted representing
various sectors of the economy in order to ensure smooth roll-out of GST. These
18 Sectoral Groups representing various sectors of the economy and containing
Senior Officers of the Centre and the States are being set-up to ensure smooth
implementation of GST by timely responding to the issues and problems of their
respective Sector(s).
i)
Interact and examine representations
received from trade and industry associations/bodies of their respective
sector.
ii)
Highlight specific issues for the smooth
transition of the respective sector to the GST regime.
iii)
Prepare sector specific draft guidance.
These
Sectoral Working Groups consist of Senior Officers from the Centre and the
States.
18 Sectoral Groups along with the names of Co-convenor(s) are as follows:
S. 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
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
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
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
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
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
The
officials of these Sectoral Groups will deal with the issues and the problems of
the respective sector(s) they represent. Concerned industry Groups/Associations
or even individual industry representative(s) may approach the respective Sectoral
Group officers with their problems, if any, relating to GST implementation who,
in turn, will try to guide and help them in resolving the same. This exercise
will help in dealing with most of the sectoral problems and issues at the local/regional
level.
