Faculty of Department of Management and Commerce, Manav Rachna University attend interactive session with Ministry of Finance, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with EY at Hotel Le Meridian New Delhi

Prof. Birendra Prasad, Prof Dr. Bindu Agrawal and Prof Dr. Pooja Kapoor, faculty of Department of Management and Commerce, attended an interactive session with Ministry of Finance on Union Budget 2017-18.

The event was organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with EY at Hotel Le Meridian New Delhi on 6th of February, 2017.

Mr Sushil Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance delivered the keynote address as the Chief Guest. According to him “The budget this year focuses on the clarity and certainty of the tax laws, while at the same time endeavoring to make the country more tax compliant and to honour the honest taxpayers. The focus areas for the budget this year are digitalization, demonetization, expansion of tax base, and saving the genuine tax payers from any harassment from the taxman.”

Mr Sushil Chandra emphasized on the policy and direction of the budget, and assured the industry that the Government would come up with any clarifications that might be called for on any of the newly introduced legislations, such as GAAR and POEM.