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Why the GST Council recommended biometric-based Aadhaar authentication for new registrations

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the measures of biometric-based Aadhaar authentication for gst registration endeavour to combat fraudulent input tax credit (ITC) claims made through fake invoices. She highlighted that the measure was formalised based on “good inputs” received from pilot projects run in Gujarat and Puducherry, in addition to a study in Andhra Pradesh.