New Delhi: (DoPT appointment News) The ACC has cleared the appointment of Vishal Pal Singh (IRS) as Vice President in Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). According to a DoPT order issued on October 27, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for curtailment of tenure of Vishal Pal Singh under the Central Staffing Scheme, in order to allow him to be appointed as Vice President in GSTN, New Delhi on deputation basis with tenure up to November 1, 2024. Pal is an Indian Revenue Service Officer (IRS) of 2006-batch. He is currently serving as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power Since October 2017.
Vishal Pal Singh (IRS) is an Indian Revenue Service Officer (IRS) of 2006-batch. He is currently serving as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power Since October 2017
According to the GSTN's website 'Goods and Service Tax (GST)' is the largest indirect tax reform in the history of India. The reform mandated the integration of the entire nation's diverse tax portfolio into a single taxation system. This brought upon a massive complexity in developing an IT platform, to handle not only the diverse tax systems of 36 States/Union Territories & Union Government but also needed providing a single interface for more than a crore taxpayers' for their GST compliance functions. Goods and Services tax Network (GSTN) was entrusted to build such a platform to service the need of a diverse set of stakeholders.
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