Hire and fire policy sets us apart from a govt body, says GSTN CEO

If the rates change, they have no impact on the system as they have been kept out, says Prakash Kumar

The private technology backbone of nine-month-old goods and services tax — GST Network — has been able to deliver to a great extent the performance that the government expected from it, says CEO Prakash Kumar. While there’s a strong buzz that GSTN is being turned into a government body, Kumar tells Dilasha Seth it is the government’s prerogative to decide the structure of the network. Edited excerpts:

How would you describe the last one year?

The GST portal has completed one year and five months. It has been both exciting and challenging.

Did you anticipate the scale of changes in