Quality service to tax payers in the offing

New Delhi, Nov 30 (UNI) In a move to give quality services to tax-payers and other stakehoders, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved the revised proposal from the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBSE) at an outlay of Rs 598.97 crores.

The move will help in enlarging the range of services offered, enhancing the scope an coverage of existing services and improving the process efficiencies within CBEC.

It will also leverage technologies and implement standard driven management of IT infrastructure, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after the CCEA meeting here.

These services include implementation of the customs EDI system to a total of 162 locations ad introduction of an electronic workflow based system.

Spread over a period of five years it incudes data center facilities, wide area network connecting 682 buildings and computing facilities at 1,200 offices, Mr Chidambaram said.

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