Haryana Deputy CM encourages customers to demand GST invoice on their purchases

In order to encourage the culture of generation of GST invoice/bills on payments, Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Dushyant Chautala, participated in the Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar campaign in presence of Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary, Department of Revenue (DoR), Government of India; and Shri Sanjay Aggarwal, Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in Gurugram, today.

Shri Chautala and top DoR officials visited a Gurugram bazaar to encourage people to request a GST invoice for their transactions.

The Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar scheme became active from 12.00 AM on 1st September 2023 and has already gathered pace with more than 1.51 lakh downloads of the app with consumers actively participating in the pilot scheme.

“I laud the GSTN for launching this new initiative from Gurugram in an effort to make taxation more rewarding for taxpayers,” Shri Chautala stated on the occasion. This method encourages citizens to request invoices/bills after payment. This would also guarantee that public funds reach their intended destination inside the government.

In explaining the scheme’s features, Shri Chautala stated, “A corpus of Rs. 30 crore has been made available towards the fund under this initiative on an annual basis. Every quarter of the year, two prizes at Rs. one crore each will be presented to the winners by lot, for a total of eight awards worth Rs. one crore in a year. Every month, 10 awards of Rs. 1 lakh and 800 awards of Rs. 10,000 will be given.”

In conclusion, Shri Chautala urged all company owners to encourage consumers to collect their invoice/bill at the time of purchase and participate in the Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar initiative to ensure its success in Haryana.

In his speech on the occasion, Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary, DoR, stated, “The main purpose of this scheme is to encourage customers to use their right to demand an invoice/bill.” This would ensure that customers engage in the Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar initiative and will also encourage them to use bills for other uses relating to the product.”

“We started this scheme on the pilot basis in 3 States and 2 Union Territories and going forward we’ll implement this scheme across India on the basis of the outcomes and learnings from this pilot scheme,” Shri Malhotra said.

Shri Sanjay Aggarwal, Chairman, CBIC, and Shri Shashank Priya, Member, CBIC, also made purchases in the marketplace and received their GST bills to participate in the Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar scheme.

Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar Scheme shows the commitment of the Government of India to empower the consumer as it is designed to encourage consumers to demand bills for their purchases from vendors, thereby protecting their rights and promoting transparency in commercial transactions.

This Scheme is based on a foundation of incentives and awareness efforts, with a multi-pronged approach to changing consumer behaviour and increasing supplier accountability. The government is actively engaged individuals in preventing tax evasion and encouraging honest business practises by making it easier for customers to receive and record their invoices.

Smt. Renu K. Jagdev, DG, Directorate General of Taxpayer Services (DGTS), Shri Upender Gupta, Chief Commissioner, CGST, Panchkula Zone, Shri D. S. Kalyan, Principal Secretary, Excise & Taxation Haryana, and other senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Government of India, and the Government of Haryana were in attendance.

All B2C invoices issued by GST registered suppliers (registered in the States of Assam, Gujarat & Haryana and UTs of Puducherry, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu) to consumers will be eligible for the scheme. Minimum value for invoices to be considered for a lucky draw has been kept at Rs. 200.