This half day workshop that had been conducted in knowledge partnership with Deloitte basically focused on the operational aspects of GST implementation. Comprising of a specific congregation of industry members who are associated with the ground level implementation of GST, this direct and focused discussion enabled industry members to deliberate at the issues at the ground level.

Flagging under the theme of “Getting ready for the GST regime”, this sector based approach directed towards the Finance /Tax heads served as a great platform to brain storm the impact of the GST issues and to plan the way forward. Attended by prominent participants across the Oil and Gas Industry – Upstream, Downstream, Service providers and Natural Gas Distribution companies, this workshop helped in clarifying the many doubts raised by members with regard to grass root implementation of GST.

The workshop saw by Mr. Rajiv Bahl, Director (Finance, Taxation & Legal), PetroFed initiating formal introduction to the program and impressing upon the industry members the need for this workshop so as to explore the procedural aspects of GST implementation.

The overview and approach to the program was provided by Mr. Hemal Zobalia, Tax Leader – Energy & Resources – Deloitte. Mr. Y. Parande, Advisor, Tax – Indirect Tax, Deloitte provided his insights on the key challenges and approach from a governance perspective. As a Member CBEC, Retd, he was able to clarify the queries raised by the participants.

The presentation session was essentially divided in to two portions - Challenges faced by Upstream/ Service providers/Natural Gas Distribution companies and Challenges faced by downstream Companies. Both these sessions were headed by Mr. Anoop Kalavath

Indirect Tax Partner – Energy & Resources, Deloitte who was able to gauge the nature of issues faced by the various sectors of the industry and address the same.