Have you taken a backup? Old GST data to be archived from GST portal after September 30, 2024

Goods and Services Tax (GST): GSTN in an advisory said that old GST return data relating to 2017 is going to be archived and hence not viewable on the GSTR portal after September 30, 2024. ​Says CA Hardik Kakadiya, President, Chartered Accountants Association Surat, "The government should provide an Archive Portal for such old, archived data, because backing up the data in PDF does not preserve the sanctity of those records..."