By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Surjit Bhujabal IRS, has been appointed as the head the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), an apex intelligence organization functioning under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
He is the first Odia officer to be entrusted with the task of collection, collation and dissemination of intelligence relating to evasion of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and duties of Central Excise and Service Tax on an all India basis.
Surjit Bhujabal is the son of former Chief Secretary R.K.Bhujabal and the son-in- law of Retd. IGP Kulamani Deo.
The DGGI became a full-fledged Directorate in 1983, headed by a Director. In 1988, the Directorate was upgraded to Directorate General under a Director General. It is the apex body for manifold tasks of tackling the menace of duty evasion.
With introduction of GST w.e.f. 01.07.2017, the DGGI has been expanded and now comprises of four offices of Director Generals (East, West North and South), 26 Zonal Units and 40 Regional Units.
