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PM to States: Set up teams to boost GST registrations

PM to States: Set up teams to boost GST registrations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all states to form special teams and carry out drives to increase the number of traders registered under the goods and services tax.

He gave the instructions at a PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) meeting with top central and state officials on August 30 where he reviewed the progress of GST registrations.

According to officials, the PM told states that the teams should go out and guide traders who have to register under the GST regime. He said the exercise should be completed in 15-20 days.

The meeting took place a day after the government released a statement saying 13.8 lakh taxpayers out of a total of 72.33 lakh are yet to complete procedural formalities to migrate to GST Network (GSTN).

The statement said 58.53 lakh taxpayers have already migrated to GSTN. ā€œThe number of new taxpayers who have registered with the GSTN up to 29 August is 18.83 lakh,ā€ it said.

In a PRAGATI meeting on July 12, Modi asked state chief secretaries to implement GST registration by August 15. He had also directed Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha to monitor the process.

At the August 30 meeting, the PM praised the ā€œteam of government of India and states/UTsā€ for the ā€œgood workā€ in the implementation of GST, officials said. The PM, however, urged states to use more technology for smoother functioning and implementation of GST, which was rolled out on July 1.

PM reviews government e-marketplace


Modi also reviewed his other pet project ā€” Government e-Marketplace (GeM) ā€” at the PRAGATI meeting and asked states to ā€œmake active useā€ of the e-commerce portal for procurement and submit a report to the cabinet secretary by September 20 on the status of adopting the platform.

The Economic Times, New Delhi, 04th September 2017

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