“The transition to GST is an important step in the revenue management side of the government. It impacts not only the central government, but the state governments as well. In line with such a step, the government has put in a structure that can handle teething transition issues as well as ensuring compliance with the schemes through the approval of GST Suvidha Providers (GSP).

If the transition is to be effective, then the systems of GSP have to be validated thoroughly to ensure compliance and their confidence strengthened, so that they are clearly enabled to handle the transition related issues. It would be appropriate to ask the question as to what do GSPs think of their technical compliance and how confident are they to handle the transition.

We would not be surprised that they are neither fully equipped technically nor are they confident about handling the transition. Do we still go ahead with the roll out? If priority be given to quality in this implementation, then obviously no is the answer.  However, if time is the most critical factor in this implementation, then the answer will be yes; which would also mean the necessity of a large team to address all those teething issues.

If our opinion is sought, it would be for quality and therefore extending the time for the implementation would be the preferred choice.”

P Venkatesh can be approached for further comments / inputs, and can be reached through:

Jenanee Dhevi Ramachandran, Maveric Systems: jenaneedhevir@mavericsystems.com