GSTI gets New officer

New Delhi, July 10: The Goods and Service tax has been rolled out from July 01, 2017. From this aspect, Indian Revenue Service officer John Joseph has been appointed Director General of the GST Intelligence or DG GSTI

He will be tasked with checking evasion of Goods and Services Tax or GST.

John Joseph is currently posted in Mumbai and is likely to take charge soon, While going to details of the officer, Mr. Joseph, a 1983-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service.

He has worked in the Finance Ministry's important departments, including the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

The DG GSTI is the new name given to the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence or DGCEI.

He is mandated to check service tax and central excise duty evasion.