"At that time, the powers in New Delhi were mocking industry, saying 'the government's ready, but industry's not," said the director of a financial planning firm involved in developing the GST network. The director of the financial planning firm said the government was "adamant" on introducing GST on July 1. "You can't really test the system by taking one invoice as a sample," he said. However, Prakash Kumar, the head of GSTN, said "a phased approach was adopted" at launch and "change is a constant in large IT projects. "No doubt, the government didn't realise the difficulties that would be faced," he said.

Source: Times of India December 16, 2017 09:56 UTC