Speaking on the occasion, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State of Finance said that there is need for more transparency in tax administration and need to build data base for authentic and valid information.

He said that there is need for coordination among different agencies to avoid delay by having less paper work, documents to be filed, among others for efficient delivery of services.

Earlier speaking on the occasion, Shaktikanta Dass, Revenue Secretary asked the CBEC officers to rededicate themselves to their sovereign responsibility of administering indirect tax administration and maximise the revenue collections. He asked the officers to dedicate themselves to the cause of improving the ease of doing business in the country in line with the Prime Minister's programme of ‘Make in India'.

In this regard, the Revenue Secretary asked the officers that 24x7 functioning of the ports and airports for customs clearances must be implemented in letter and spirit. He asked the custom officials to check illegal flow of goods and commodities such as drugs, fake currency notes etc. across the international border.

He said that we should also dedicate ourselves to the theme of facilitation to stakeholders and ensure smooth follow of goods and commodities within the country and in other countries. He asked the officers to give personal touch in efficient and effective discharge of their day to day duties.
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