Aadhaar to be made mandatory for GST -The Hindu - (PG-15) -24-12-2019

With 66.79 lakh new dealers registered under the Goods and Service Tax contributing just 15% of the total revenue under the tax regime, the GST Network has decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification mandatory for new dealers from January 1, 2020, to check malpractices.

Briefing about the decisions taken at the GST meeting, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, who heads the Group of Ministers on Integrated Goods and Services Tax, told that 66.79 lakh new registered dealers were paying just 15% of the taxes, constituting about 10,000 crore in monthly collections.