Curbing GST evasion a must, but need to check tax terror

At Rs 1.14 lakh crore for March 2019, GST collections for the month were 10% higher than those a year ago, and the highest since India started collecting this tax in July 2017. To that extent, we have a rosy picture of GST collections being on a firmer footing as more and more firms are getting GST-compliant. Yet, if the picture were so idyllic, there wouldn’t be a shortfall of Rs 1 lakh crore in…