GSTN glitches: GoM meets Infosys officials

The chairman of the GoM said that though summary returns for outward supplies had been filed by 52 lakh dealers for July, only 33.43 lakh dealers had filed detailed GST returns for the month ahead of the October 10 deadline for the filing of the returns.

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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi. (PTI Photo)

With several states facing technical issues following the roll-out of the goods and services tax (GST) regime, a Group of Ministers led by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi on Wednesday met senior officials of Infosys Ltd, which manages the GST Network portal, and reviewed the progress made to resolve the GSTN glitches.

“There are 27 states which constitute the Model-2 States (of GSTN) where there are problems with the back-end work…and we have requested Infosys to develop software for (these) states and progress has happened on this front” Modi said, after the meeting here. “…they (Infosys officials) have told us that each state will be provided technically qualified persons (to help them with GSTN).”

“The states, which have not used IT systems, are facing problems and the GoM is trying to solve issues in association with Infosys and GSTN. Since our last meeting on September 16, a lot of issues have been resolved and things have become much easier and we are expecting things to continue to ease over the coming days,” he said.

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The chairman of the GoM said that though summary returns for outward supplies had been filed by 52 lakh dealers for July, only 33.43 lakh dealers had filed detailed GST returns for the month ahead of the October 10 deadline for the filing of the returns.

Modi said Infosys will provide the names and numbers of dealers who have not filed detailed returns and SMS would be sent to them to file returns. He also said that the IT system developed by Infosys Ltd for the GST network was standing up to the filing pressures on it and that this was evident in returns filed for August. “As on September 20, only 15.29 lakh returns were filed but in the next 24 hours as many as 13 lakh returns were filed. From 15.29 lakh it became 28.64 lakh on September 21,’’ Modi said.