Need to reach comfort zone before touching GST rates: Vanaja Sarna

In the GST, there is scope for rationalising rates, but timing is very important in all this, whether you want to do it now or wait for another 3 months & see how revenue is doing,says Sarna

Against the backdrop of Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia writing to field officers of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to shore up GST collection, the board Chairperson, Vanaja Sarna, defends the performance of her officers. Sarna tells Dilasha Seth and Indivjal Dhasmana she will revert to Adhia with data and figures. Edited excerpts:

Do you see GST collection going down? It was more than Rs1 trillion in April and Rs940 billion in May. Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has written to field officers to shore up revenues.

It is not going down as you have seen the trend in the