GST: Govt to pay Rs 500 crore a year as service charge

Next phase of the roll out is to train 60,000 state government officials, GSTM chairman said

Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), the company which was tasked to set up IT infrastructure for the GST, said that by January it will start training around 60,000 state government officials to equip them to handle GST roll out. The non-profit organisation said that the Centre agreed to pay around Rs 500 crore every year on behalf of the tax payers as service charge.
 

Speaking on the sidelines of SICCI's interactive session in Chennai today, GSTN's Chairman Navin Kumar said that GST won't be successful without its IT backbone GSTN.
 

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