GST awareness programme to be introduced from IGNOU's July 2019 session

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the leading Universities in India, announced on Monday that it will launch an awareness programme on Goods and Services Tax (GST) from its July 2019 session. The programme, which will be launched by IGNOU's School of Management Studies in collaboration with the Bombay Stock Exchange Institute Limited, aims to impart basic knowledge and skills required to fulfil various requirements under the GST Act.

According to the varsity, this programme would greatly benefit those people who are engaged in maintaining accounts and filing of various indirect tax returns. Entrepreneurs engaged in small-scale business ventures can also benefit from this programme as it gives an overview of the procedures and formalities to comply under the GST Act, it said.

The programme intends to impart skills to bookkeeping professionals to file various regular GST returns along with the various compliance requirements, the varsity said. Those who have passed Class 12 are eligible for the course, which will be offered in January and July cycle of admissions. The study material, which is available online, is divided into seven small modules.