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States » EastPosted at: Jan 22 2021 7:00PM


Mein visits Tax, Excise and Narcotics dept office, asks officers to be vigilant

Itanagar, Jan 22 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein visited the office of the department of Tax, Excise and Narcotics here on Friday.
This was his maiden visit to the department office after assuming as the Minister-in-charge of Tax, Excise and Narcotics department.
During his visit, he asked the officers to be vigilant to stop revenue leakage, if any and try to enhance the revenue collection of the State government.
Mein also said to strengthen the district offices and newly created divisional offices of the department.
On the issue of the pay disparity of the departmental officers, he said that many other departments are also facing pay anomaly and all such issues will be taken together for resolution on a later date.
Mein also desired to have a review meeting with the departmental officers after the Budget session.
Citing drug menace as a serious issue confronting the youths, Mein, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said, "We need to provide support to the poppy cultivators with some alternate crops and also to encourage contract farming for the benefits of the farming community. "
Earlier, in his welcome speech, Kanki Darang, Commissioner (Tax & Excise), informed that the department has three wings such as Tax, Excise and Narcotics and presently it is the highest revenue earner of the state.
He also informed that the department has earned Rs 878 crores till December 2020 of the current Financial Year, which is higher than the collection made during the last Financial Year, which was Rs 860 crores for the same period.
Tapas Dutta, Deputy Commissioner (GST), through a PowerPoint presentation highlighted the activities of the department.
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