The report came out on the failure of the track and trace system

A report on the failure of the track and trace system has come out, ‘Jeo News’ has obtained a copy of the report.

According to the report, there was resistance from the industrial sector in the implementation of the track and trace system, incompetence of the bureaucracy and inexperience of the company were also the reasons for not implementing the system.

The report on the failure of the track and trace system said that the FBR and the licensed company did not have the required expertise and understanding.

The report further said that contractual loopholes, court proceedings and stay orders also contributed to the delay in the implementation of the TTS system.

The report on the failure of the track and trace system recommended the creation of a task force to implement track and trace and monitoring by the Prime Minister’s or Finance Minister’s office.

FBR’s track and trace system failed

It should be noted that the track and trace system launched as a game changer by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) turned out to be a failure.

The goal of electronic monitoring of tobacco, cement, sugar, fertilizer sector could not be achieved, the tax machinery could not implement the complete system even after 21 months of the deadline, FBR had signed a contract of 25 billion rupees with a consortium of private companies. .

It was intended to document the economy and increase revenue through the track and trace system, bringing 4.5 million tons of cement, more than 4 billion cigarette sticks into the net.

Production of 4 million tonnes of sugar and 3 crore tonnes of fertilizer could not be monitored electronically, while in the tobacco sector, apart from a few major companies, others refused to install the system.

The Prime Minister had given the task to the Finance Secretary

On the other hand, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had expressed dissatisfaction with the report of the committee headed by Tariq Bajwa regarding track and trace system.

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif tasked the Finance Secretary to identify the officers responsible for the delay in the implementation of the track and trace system and directed that the officers involved in the delay be identified within 72 hours.