Gradual Aadhaar authentication for 8 million existing GST firms on the cards

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will next week consider a road map to gradually make Aadhaar-based GST authentication mandatory for about 8 million existing firms after it already made it compulsory for new registrations last year, two people aware of the development said. As enforcement of Aadhaar authentication for 8 million existing GST-registered entities in one go is difficult, and t…