In accordance with the announcement of the Hon’ble Finance Minister in the Budget Speech for the year 2005-06, to set up Help Centre for small tax-payers in co-operation with industry associations, professional bodies and NGOs and pursuant to the direction in the matter from the Ministry of Finance, Central Board of Excise & Customs, the Central Excise & Customs Commissionerate Vadodara-II has set up a Help Centre to function under the Joint Commissioner, Central Excise & Customs, Commissionerate Vadodara-II and comprising of following representatives of the Trade and Industries as Members is constituted with effect from 01st July, 2005.

Sr. No.	Name of the nominee  (S / Shri)	Designation & name of the Organization.
01	Dilip Doshi	President, VCCI, Makarpura, Vadodara.
02	K. R. Bhave	Retired Assistant Commissioner
03	Mahesh Mehta	Representative of VCCI, Vadodara
04	Rohitbhai Shah	Representative of VCCI, Vadodara
05	Bhavik Khera	Representative – Export Segment
06	Anirudh Sonpal	Representative for Baroda Branch of WIRC of ICA, Vadodara.
07	Manoj Selot	President of GIDC, Waghodia

      The features of the scheme are as under.

• To provide help to the honest taxpayers / small assessees / importers and exporters / service Providers by providing an institutional mechanism for guiding and educating them in all matters relating to Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax.
• The Centre will make them aware of their rights and obligations as also advantages of tax Compliance and consequences of non-compliances.
• To promote a culture of voluntary compliance and widening the tax base among the tax payers by creating a sense of awareness of rights of the assessees, their tax-obligations and consequences of non-compliances.
• To provide prompt assistance to small taxpayers and all others dealing with export / import.
• To provide prompt response to all queries relating to Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax.

       In order to ensure free communication of problem and for the convenience of trade, industries and service providers, especially the Small Tax payers, the Help Centre is set up in the premises of VCCI Building, Makarpura, GIDC, Vadodara. 

       The Help Centre shall have interaction with the Trade & Industries on   1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month at 16.00 Hrs. at above referred address. A Superintendent and an Inspector of Central Excise and Customs will be available in the Help Centre between 16.00 Hrs. to 18.00 Hrs. from Monday to Friday (barring holidays) to attend any of the queries or problems of the Trade & Industry.    

       It has to be noted that Help Centre will not be Forum for Grievance redressel for which a Public Grievance Committee is already operational in the Commissionerate.

       The points or the problems should be relating to jurisdiction of Central Excise & Customs, Commissionerate Vadodara-II only.