PM Modi urges tax officials to fix the system

New Delhi, Sept 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday has said that "the tax officers must improve their work-culture, to incorporate both a sense of urgency and measurability in their performance".

Modi has said that the above the remarks while addressing tax administrators of both Union and State governments at the Rajasva Gyan Sangam, an annual conference of Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) and Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).

Prime Minister had also asked the officers to fix clear targets to improve country's tax administration by 2022. PM has said that he was displeased with more number of the pendency of tax-related cases in adjudication and appeal. He has also said that money locked up could have been used for the welfare of poor.

Finally, he has urged the Officers to make sure that All traders whose income above Rs 20 lakh join the Goods and Sevices Tax GST by registering under GST.