Punjab scraps 40,000 pending cases of VAT, allows faceless assessment of GST

CHANDIGARH: Giving reprieve to trade and industry of the state, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday announced the scrapping of 40,000 pending cases of VAT, out of total 48,000 cases related to financial year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, against traders and industrialists across the state. The government has introduced faceless assessment of GST and abolished instit…