Enable import assertions for Babel in node.js

Question

import data from './data.json' assert {type: "json"};

Got the below error message,

Add @babel/plugin-syntax-import-assertions (https://git.io/JUbkv) to the 'plugins' section of your Babel config to enable parsing.

Added the following in .babelrc file

{
    "plugins": [
      "@babel/plugin-syntax-import-assertions"
    ]
}

Anyone else encountered similar issue?