Just hours before Launch, here what's happening at the GST's nerve Centre

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The silence inside the headquarters of Goods and Services Tax Network or GSTN, housed on the fourth floor of an imposing glass building aptly named World Mark I right next to Delhi's international airport is misleading.

The biggest task for GSTN-a not-for-profit  company set up to mange and collect indirect taxes- is to help traders  and business migrate to the GST platform.

Behind white and blue cubicles, professionals with expertise in IT and taxation are putting in extra hours to ensure that the switch over to GST is a smooth affair.

Officials claim online registration can be done in less than 30 minutes. But what if someone doesn't have a computer? That's been a concern for many small businessmen.

"If you have a phone that can run Whats App then you can register using our app," says Pravin Kumar, who heads the section that helps people to register onto the GST platform.

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