75% of targeted officers trained for GST implementation
About three-fourth of the targeted 60,000 field officials who would be instrumental in implementing the new GST regime have been trained, the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) said. Further, 2,060 ‘trainers’ have been trained against the target of 1,600, it stated. Notably, the government has targeted to roll out the GST regime from April 2017.