New Delhi: In a bid to make Delhi a leading example, Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday convened a meeting with senior officials from the Department of Trade and Taxes.

He reviewed the current situation of the department, the problems which are being faced and discussed the measures to make the system of tax collection systematic and structured in Delhi. 

He also focussed on the existing loopholes and various ways of plugging them, while ensuring the ease of convenience while filing the returns.

In a statement, Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot said: ”Trade and Taxes department plays an important role in the government. The revenue collections of GST and VAT combined was more than Rs 34,000 Crores in 2022-23 while this year we expect remarkable growth in the collection."

In order to make the system more robust, the Delhi government is relying on deploying IT systems that shall make the system more efficient and transparent. The Government is also trying to leverage the work done by various other institutions or governments by analyzing their work and figuring out a tailor-made solution to be integrated with the existing systems, he said. /DW/