Question: Who has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council?
(a) Arun Goyal
(b) Amit Mitra
(c) Arun Khandelwal
(d) None of These
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 24 September 2016 Senior IAS officer Arun Goyal has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council.
- The Council will be headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is mandated to decide on tax rate, exempted goods and the threshold limit.
- The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Goyal’s appointment against the newly created post, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training.
- Goyal, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Union Territory cadre, is at present working as Additional Secretary, Project Monitoring Group, Cabinet Secretariat.
- The Union Cabinet had recently approved appointment of the Secretary (Revenue) as the ex-officio Secretary to the GST Council and inclusion of the chairperson, Central Board of Excise and Customs, as a permanent invitee.
Reference:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arun-goyal-appointed-addl-secretary-gst-council/1/772286.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arun-goyal-appointed-additional-secretary-gst-council/articleshow/54495555.cms