Finance ministry appoints officers to handle GST-related queries on Twitter

Eight tax officers have been appointed by the Finance Ministry to handle GST-related queries on Twitter.

According to the official order, the officers will be in charge of handling queries related to the Goods and Services Tax on the social media platform.

The move came keeping in mind the fact that a lot of queries are raised on various social media platform.

"The decision to appoint the officers was taken as lots of queries are being raised through social media platforms," a senior finance ministry official noted.

The tech-savvy assistant commissioners will provide online solutions to queries related to the GST with immediate effect.

(With inputs from PTI)