GST regime more primitive than VAT: WB finance minister Mitra

The hurried launch of GST without proper infrastructure in place has made the indirect tax system more "primitive" than the VAT regime, West Bengal finance minister  Amit Mitra  said. The Centre, he said, is using ledger for manual record of refunds due to lack of interface between the GST network and customs electronic date interchange (EDI) as well as the Directorate General of Foreign…