FM Nirmala Sitharaman and CM Yogi Inaugurate IT Department’s Office Complex, ‘Pratyaksh Kar Bhawan’ at Lucknow
GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 27th Nov. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath and Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday inaugurated The Income Tax Department’s new Office Complex, the ‘Pratyaksh Kar Bhawan’, at Lucknow.
In her keynote address, Nirmala Sitharaman thanked the people of the region and noted with satisfaction the increase in the number of taxpayers and quantum of revenue collection in the region.
Sitharaman observed that the increased tax collections have contributed to the development of the region, which is visible in projects like ‘Poorvanchal Expressway’, ‘PM Awas Yojana’, ‘Har Ghar Jal Yojana’, augmented health infrastructure, etc. in the region.
Yogi Adityanath, in his address, thanked the Government of India (GoI) and the Finance Minister for the new ‘Pratyaksh Kar Bhawan’ at Lucknow, which is compliant with the best practices in construction and meets the aspirations of the population of a rising Uttar Pradesh.
CM Yogi highlighted that the tax collections have grown substantially in UP, which has been due to the spirit of ‘Samvad’. He thanked the GoI for streamlining the taxation procedures & also urged the business community to come forward for voluntary compliance.
Union Minister of State Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Finance Minister Uttar Pradesh, Suresh Kumar Khanna, Minister of Law & Justice, Uttar Pradesh, Brajesh Pathak Secretary (Revenue), Tarun Bajaj, Chairman, CBDT, J.B. Mohapatra, and Chairman, CBIC, M. Ajit Kumar were also present on the occasion.
After the inauguration of the building, the dignitaries took a physical tour of the building.
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