- G V Krishna Rao took over as the Chief Commissioner of CGST, Central Excise & Customs, Guwahati Zone on January 31, 2019.
- Guwahati Zone has jurisdiction over all the North Eastern States. So, Rao’s work jurisdiction will be Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.
- Krishna Rao is an officer of the 1987 batch of the Indian Revenue Service (Indirect Taxes & Customs). He is a senior officer of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC).
- Before this, he was holding charge as Principal Commissioner of CGST, Mysuru.