The 50th Meeting of the GST Council was held on July 11, 2023 in New Delhi, under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
A pilot program is scheduled to take place in the Union Territory of Puducherry to evaluate the effectiveness of risk-based biometric Aadhaar authentication for registration applicants. Additionally, the State of Andhra Pradesh has expressed its intention to participate in this pilot after assessing the system’s readiness in Gujarat and Puducherry.
The Press Release can be accessed at: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1938812