Supriya Sule, MP from Baramati, Maharashtra, asked the government to provide clarity on the precautionary measures taken to ensure that data would not leak from the Goods and Services Tax Network.
She stated that GSTN will be a private body with the government holding 49 percent stake. This would mean that critical data, related to businesses in all states, will uploaded on the network, and hence there needs to be checks for its protection.
Sule, daughter of NCP’s president Sharad Pawar, added GST implementation would require at least 36 registrations for business, hence compliance becomes challenging, especially for businesses that operate in multiple states.
While she was keen on the implementation of GST, she also questioned if just luxury goods will be able to compensate states, especially during economic crises like droughts, which her home state Maharashtra has been facing for over two years now.
Sule also talked about the risks involved in lending parliamentary powers to bodies like the GST council. She said while it would work fine now since the Bharaity Janata Party was in power in the centre, and majority of the states. However, it would become a problem when that is not the case.
