Amit Mitra

Amit Mitra

Question: Recently who has been appointed as the chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers (ECSFM) on Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
(a) Jayant Kumar Malaiya
(b) AmitMitra
(c) Manish Sisodia
(d) KM Mani
Ans (b)
Related facts:

  •  On 19 February 2016 West Bengal finance minister AmitMitrawas named the new chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers (ECSFM) on Goods and Services Tax (GST).
  •  Mitra will succeed Kerala finance minister K M Mani, who had to resign in November 2015 over corruption charges.
  • Mitra will be the second finance minister from West Bengal to head this committee.
  • The committee is tasked with framing rules for rollout of the ambitious GST regime, which will subsume all indirect taxes and create one national market.

Reference:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/amit-mitra-to-head-gst-panel-116021900813_1.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Amit-Mitra-new-head-of-GST-panel/articleshow/51062606.cms