Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked the officials to strengthen the Goods and Service Tax (GST) registration process by leveraging technology to curb the entry of fake entities in the GST ecosystem. She called for a nationwide campaign to explain the objectives of the special drive to weed out fake entities.
The Minister chaired a review meeting of the ongoing drive against fake billing for GST evasion in New Delhi yesterday, June 16. The meeting was attended by Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra and Central Board of Indirect Taxes Chairman Vivek Johri.