GSTN - Swamy to file PIL
Dr. Subramanian Swamy has tweeted that if Government does not implement the RS Comm recommendation to remove all Pvt parties from GSTN & MoH security clearance then PIL. Oct 31 deadline.
The Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Constitution (122 nd Amendment) Bill had observed,
"The Committee feels GSTN shall play a crucial role in implementation of GST as it shall provide the IT infrastructure for implementation of GST. It noted that Non Government shareholding of GSTN is dominated by private banks. This is not desirable because of two reasons. Firstly, public sector banks have more than 70% share in total credit lending in the country. Secondly, GSTN's work is of strategic importance to the country and the firm would be a repository of a lot of sensitive data on business entities across the country. In light of above, the Committee strongly recommends that Government may take immediate steps to ensure Non Government financial institution shareholding be limited to public sector banks or public sector financial institutions."
Swamy had earlier said that in the "normal" course security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs should have been obtained as GSTN would be handling sensitive tax data.