Ministerial panel on GSTN to meet on Saturday to iron out glitches

Aim to fix operational and technical issues of new tax regime's IT infra, subject of diverse complaints

With a slew of reported glitches in the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN, the ministerial panel on the subject will meet on Saturday in Bengaluru to examine the information technology (IT) challenges plaguing the uniform tax regime.

The committee, chaired by Sushil Modi, deputy chief minister and finance minister of Bihar, was constituted earlier this week. It was a sequel to the GST Council's decision last week at Hyderabad, to oversee technical and operational issues pertaining to the IT infrastructure.

GSTN will give a presentation to the ministers of the work done, challenges and the strategy. The meeting will be attended