Pilot projects to test biometric and geotagging authentication during the GST registration process have been delayed due to disagreements over access to the Aadhaar identity database, a senior government official said.
However, the finance ministry is confident of rolling out both authentication measures – biometric and geotagging – in FY25, the official said. The measures are aimed at preventing the registration of fake entities and plugging false input tax credit claims under the Goods and Services Tax regime.
“The pilots in Odisha and Puducherry were supposed to roll out but did not roll out at that time… The issue was with access to the Unique Identification Authority of India database,” the senior government official told Moneycontrol.
The government is tightening the GST registration process by using biometrics and geotagging of office buildings to curb the creation of fake entities and stem revenue losses to the exchequer. Currently, the identity of a person is established via OTP-based authentication using Aadhaar and PAN.
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