Kerala GST dept. stands vindicated as it lands windfall short on residential training
Kerala’s State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department stands vindicated on the utility of its six-day residential training programme being held for 300 officials at the Kakkanad-based Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology thanks to the day-long Statewide raid, Operation Palm Tree, targeting scrap trade in which tax evasion to the tune of Rs. 209 crore was detected on May 23.
The administrative sanction of Rs. 46.65 lakh for the training programme at a time when the Kerala government was facing a financial crisis was dubbed as profligate by certain quarters.
However, it is now being pointed out that it was money well spent, with the officials putting the lessons to good use and recovering manifold the expenses incurred on the training programme.
