GST mop-up will touch Rs 1 trillion a month in FY19, says Hasmukh Adhia

Refunds have improved substantially now, 90 per cent of claims have already been approved or rejected

As GST rollout is to complete a year in a few days, finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia tells Dilasha Seth and Indivjal Dhasmana that the system has perfectly stabilised now. Adhia, who played a critical role, in the roll-out says bringing petroleum under GST is no solution to their high prices. Edited excerpts:

After the GSTN portal crashed in initial months and then at a time of original date of e-way bill, has the GST system stabilised now?

I may beg to differ. There was no crash of the portal, there were minor glitches initially in certain applications. Those were set