Beneath Narendra Modi's one-liners and invoking 'Gujarati asmita' lies unease over repercussions of GST
7 years, 4 months ago

Beneath Narendra Modi's one-liners and invoking 'Gujarati asmita' lies unease over repercussions of GST

Firstpost  

Narendra Modi’s rallies reveal a determination to frame the political debate on his own terms instead of responding to the Opposition narrative, a tacit admission that BJP is feeling queasy about the political repercussions of GST Narendra Modi’s rallies on Day 1 of his two-day Gujarat campaign blitzkrieg threw up some interesting pointers about the mood in BJP’s camp. It was interesting, therefore, to note the approach taken by Modi on Monday: During his speeches in Bhuj and Rajkot, the prime minister refused to pick up the topic of GST until towards the very end, instead focusing on familiar tropes of development, ‘Gujarati asmita’ and his “son of the soil” pitch. In his invocation of Congress’ “step-motherly” attitude towards Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, insistence that water-starved Kutch could have got Narmada water at least 30 years ago had the Congress been a little more serious about the project, his achievements as three-time chief minister of Gujarat, rehabilitation and rebuilding of Kutch from scratch after the devastating 2001 earthquake — the effort was to show himself as the maker of modern Gujarat. This was constructed with Congress’ attitude towards Gujarat, which Modi framed within the parameters of history by bringing in references to ‘Mahagujarat’ movement in 1956, when protesting youth were fired upon.

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'Direct attack by BJP': Delhi minister Atishi on Centre's new GST notification
1 year, 8 months ago

'Direct attack by BJP': Delhi minister Atishi on Centre's new GST notification

India Today  

Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Tuesday opposed the central government’s decision to bring the Goods and Services Tax Network under the purview of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at the 50th GST Council meeting. #WATCH | After the 50th GST Council meeting, Delhi Minister Atishi says, "A very important was raised by several Finance Ministers, including that of Delhi …

GST second major attack on India's unorganised economy: Rahul Gandhi
4 years, 6 months ago

GST second major attack on India's unorganised economy: Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the NDA's Goods and Services Tax is not a tax system but an "attack" on India's poor and on its small and medium businesses and urged all to stand against it. Dubbing the GST as "Gabbar Singh Tax", he said it is the second major attack on India's unorganised economy and is an …

GST evasion: 10% of profiteered amount as penalty is draconian when the concept of profiteering itself is nebulous
5 years, 9 months ago

GST evasion: 10% of profiteered amount as penalty is draconian when the concept of profiteering itself is nebulous

Firstpost  

The Narendra Modi government’s obsession with foiling profiteering under the Goods and Services Tax law is going on unabated. In its first meeting after the swearing-in of Modi government 2.0 on 21 June 2019, the GST Council read the riot act to the profiteers—if manufacturers do not pass on input tax credit and other rate cuts to the consumers, there …

Elections 2019: Congress to bring in single GST rate if voted to power
6 years ago

Elections 2019: Congress to bring in single GST rate if voted to power

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s main opposition—the Indian National Congress—will scrap the current structure of goods and services tax and adopt a single GST rate if it wins Lok Sabha Elections 2019, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, will pledge in its manifesto to merge five different GST rates into one pegged at 18% as …

Rahul Gandhi vows to reform GST, seek investment as poll nears
6 years, 2 months ago

Rahul Gandhi vows to reform GST, seek investment as poll nears

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s main opposition Congress party will simplify the goods and services tax and take “rational economic decisions” to attract foreign investment if voted back to power in a general election due by May, its leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday. Gandhi, scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, said during a visit to Dubai that foreign investment was at a …

PM Modi's interview on GST: 'Is Rahul Gandhi 'abusing' Congress leaders by slamming GST?'
6 years, 3 months ago

PM Modi's interview on GST: 'Is Rahul Gandhi 'abusing' Congress leaders by slamming GST?'

India TV News  

PM Modi's interview on GST: 'Is Rahul Gandhi 'abusing' Congress leaders by slamming GST?' Narendra Modi said that his government is planning to bring construction related material in the 5 per cent Goods and Service Tax slab. Talking about providing relief to traders, Modi said the central government wanted the tax liability slab to be raised from Rs 20 lakh …

Modi government forced to slash GST rates after defeat in 3 states: Rahul Gandhi
6 years, 3 months ago

Modi government forced to slash GST rates after defeat in 3 states: Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Modi government forced to slash GST rates after defeat in 3 states: Rahul Gandhi The Congress president also alleged that PM Modi broke the back of small and medium businessmen through “Gabbar Singh Tax”, a metaphor the Congress president has been using for GST. Reacting to the GST Council’s decision to slash tax rates on 40 products, Congress president Rahul …

Stupendous hypocrisy of Rahul Gandhi: ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ before elections, opposes GST rate cut after winning 3 states
6 years, 3 months ago

Stupendous hypocrisy of Rahul Gandhi: ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ before elections, opposes GST rate cut after winning 3 states

Op India  

Among the several issues that Rahul Gandhi, Congress Party President has lied about repeatedly, one of them was always the Goods and Service Tax. However, Rahul Gandhi has been constantly referring to the GST as “Gabbar Singh Tax”. The Modi government today did the more prudent thing by shifting several items from the higher tax slab of 28% to the …

Demonetisation, GST destroyed economy', says Rahul Gandhi at Rajasthan rally
6 years, 5 months ago

Demonetisation, GST destroyed economy', says Rahul Gandhi at Rajasthan rally

Deccan Chronicle  

Dholpur : Taking his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to poll-bound Rajasthan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax, which he referred to as Gabbar Singh Tax, had destroyed India's economy. But bad debt worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore was written off by the present government and the Prime Minister did not …

Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi in Dholpur rally; says ‘demonetisation, GST destroyed economy’
6 years, 5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi in Dholpur rally; says ‘demonetisation, GST destroyed economy’

India TV News  

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Modi-government over its economic and agricultural policies and said the government has not waived a single rupee of the farmers’ loan. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Dholpur, the Congress president said his party ‘wants phones to be made in India and have a tag of made in Dholpur.’ He further attacked the …

One more failure
6 years, 6 months ago

One more failure

The Hindu  

July 2018 marks the first month of the second year in which the much-heralded Goods and Service Tax regime has been in place. When launched 13 months earlier, in a propaganda blitz that claimed that this “one nation, one tax” system was a game-changer, the government had promised that the new regime would help the Centre and the States to …

GST Day: PM Modi terms tax reform as 'a positive change in Indian economy', Congress slams it as 'Grossly Scary Tax'
6 years, 9 months ago

GST Day: PM Modi terms tax reform as 'a positive change in Indian economy', Congress slams it as 'Grossly Scary Tax'

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the people of India on first anniversary of GST implementation. As per the statement, the introduction of GST is "truly a game changer for Indian economy as it has replaced multi-layered, complex indirect tax structure with a simple, transparent and technology-driven tax regime". Congress terms GST as 'Grossly Scary Tax' The Congress on …

Why did BJP oppose GST for five years?': P Chidambaram slams govt for calling tax regime a 'celebration of honesty'
6 years, 9 months ago

Why did BJP oppose GST for five years?': P Chidambaram slams govt for calling tax regime a 'celebration of honesty'

Firstpost  

P Chidambaram mocks the BJP govt for calling the Goods and Services Tax regime, which completes a year, ‘celebration of victory’. New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram slammed the government for terming the Goods and Services Tax as a “celebration of honesty” on Monday, saying if that was the case, why did the BJP oppose it for five years …

Narendra Modi credits states for successful GST implementation
6 years, 9 months ago

Narendra Modi credits states for successful GST implementation

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Ahead of the landmark goods and services tax completing a year on 1 July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday acknowledged the contribution of states for showcasing ‘cooperative federalism’ in its implementation. “If I have to give credit to anyone for successful implementation of ‘One Nation One Tax reform’, then I credit the states of our nation. GST …

Karnataka election: GST and demonetisation are Narendra Modi’s forgotten heroes in high-octane poll campaign
6 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka election: GST and demonetisation are Narendra Modi’s forgotten heroes in high-octane poll campaign

Firstpost  

Two of the NDA’s biggest economic policies have turned out to be forgotten heroes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-octane Karnataka election campaign that has just ended Two of the Central government’s biggest economic policies — demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax — have turned out to be forgotten heroes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-octane Karnataka election campaign that …

Dishonest intellectual ecosystem denying Modi credit for spectacular GST implementation
7 years ago

Dishonest intellectual ecosystem denying Modi credit for spectacular GST implementation

Op India  

With India’s Q3 GDP number coming in at a swashbuckling 7.2%, Modi’s India has clawed back to its position as the world’s fastest-growing economy. But just because Narendra Modi succeeded where all his predecessors had failed, including “great economist” Dr Manmohan Singh, the GST suddenly went from being called a “reform” to a “shock.” The intellectual dishonesty of our elite …

Aaj Ki Baat December 18 episode: 'Entire credit of Gujarat victory goes to Modi'
7 years, 3 months ago

Aaj Ki Baat December 18 episode: 'Entire credit of Gujarat victory goes to Modi'

India TV News  

Dislodged from power for the last 22 years in Gujarat, the Congress leadership had pinned its hopes this time on voters' unhappiness with the BJP. Rahul Gandhi showed up in his new avatar this time during the campaign and the media lapped it up to say that Rahul was giving a tough challenge to Modi in the latter's home turf, …

BJP's Gujarat win proves GST, demonetisation aren't potent weapons; Congress needs new strategy to fight Modi
7 years, 3 months ago

BJP's Gujarat win proves GST, demonetisation aren't potent weapons; Congress needs new strategy to fight Modi

Firstpost  

The outcome will also infuse BJP with confidence that GST is no longer a threat. Despite the Congress’ resurgence in Gujarat and despite Bharatiya Janata Party’s narrow winning margin, the fact is that BJP has retained power in Gujarat for the sixth consecutive term and has also decisively wrested power from Congress in Himachal Pradesh, thus leaving only a handful …

Gujarat polls: Narendra Modi's victory shows BJP has left GST woes behind; but what does it mean for economy?
7 years, 3 months ago

Gujarat polls: Narendra Modi's victory shows BJP has left GST woes behind; but what does it mean for economy?

Firstpost  

BJP can be credited for implementing successfully a plethora of reforms in economy and there is really little left that has not been taken up with alacrity The outcome of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections is very significant as it comes at a time when there was hope rather than conviction that the results could be different from …

'Economist' Rahul propagating 'grand stupid thought' on GST, says Modi
7 years, 4 months ago

'Economist' Rahul propagating 'grand stupid thought' on GST, says Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Morbi : Continuing his high decibel campaign in poll-bound Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for calling GST 'Gabbar Singh Tax' and said those who looted the country could only think of dacoits. In a stinging rebuttal to Gandhi's repeated criticism of the Goods and Services Tax, a key economic reform of the NDA …

Voices of Gujarat: GST to Be a Big Issue This Assembly Election
7 years, 4 months ago

Voices of Gujarat: GST to Be a Big Issue This Assembly Election

The Quint  

One of the pressing concerns of the aam aadmi this election is GST. The BJP government’s tax regime has hurt Surat’s Rs 50,000 crore textile industry and traders in the city are visibly agitated. If I used to sell things worth Rs 1,000, that has now come down to Rs 600,” says 31-year-old Surat based trader Chetan Aggarwal. A large …

Cong will restructure GST if it comes to power in 2019: Rahul in Gujarat
7 years, 4 months ago

Cong will restructure GST if it comes to power in 2019: Rahul in Gujarat

Deccan Chronicle  

Gandhinagar: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that structural changes are needed in the Goods and Services Tax. "It's a good thing that the Bharatiya Janata Party government has slashed the tax rate from 28 percent to 18 percent for many products due to the pressure made by the Congress party and the people of India,” Rahul Gandhi said …

GST, demonetisation broke the back of small businesses: Manmohan Singh
7 years, 4 months ago

GST, demonetisation broke the back of small businesses: Manmohan Singh

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: On the eve of first anniversary of demonetisation, former prime minister Manmohan Singh questioned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government for attacking those questioning its reform policies – Goods and Services Tax and demonetisation. Stating that demonetisation was "organised loot and legalised plunder", he said November 8, when Modi banned the Rs 1000 and old Rs 500 notes, …

Will completely change GST after coming to power in 2019: Rahul Gandhi
7 years, 4 months ago

Will completely change GST after coming to power in 2019: Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Nahan : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that the Goods and Services Tax would undergo sweeping changes to provide relief to traders, consumers and other sections hit by it, after his party comes to power at the Centre in 2019. "We will completely change the GST after coming to power in 2019 to mitigate the sufferings of …

Will completely change the GST after Congress comes to power in 2019: Rahul Gandhi
7 years, 4 months ago

Will completely change the GST after Congress comes to power in 2019: Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today that the Goods and Services Tax would undergo sweeping changes to provide relief to traders, consumers and other sections hit by it, after his party comes to power at the Centre in 2019. "We will completely change the GST after coming to power in 2019 to mitigate the sufferings of the people hit …

PM Narendra Modi hints at more measures for businesses on GST next week
7 years, 4 months ago

PM Narendra Modi hints at more measures for businesses on GST next week

India TV News  

Promising more measures to ease problems faced by small businesses due to GST, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said a committee of state ministers has accepted most of the suggestions made by them and an announcement is likely in the GST Council meet next week. The next meeting of the Council headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and …

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ jibe: Why Congress vice-president should end theatrics and offer solutions
7 years, 5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ jibe: Why Congress vice-president should end theatrics and offer solutions

Firstpost  

The mistake Gandhi does often is to forget to ask the real questions and confine himself to theatrics in his public rallies, thus harming his own brand and leaving questions on his political acumen. But, it is critical for Gandhi to stop the theatrics and start asking serious questions on the Modi government’s controversial economic moves. Just the other day …

Gujarat Assembly poll: Narendra Modi's GST pitch finds few takers; angry traders may put BJP on the edge
7 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat Assembly poll: Narendra Modi's GST pitch finds few takers; angry traders may put BJP on the edge

Firstpost  

Firstpost touched base with tax experts and traders to find out if the prime minister’s hard sell at a large party workers conclave on GST and demonetisation did make any difference to their already simmering anger. Almost washing his hands of the issue, Modi had said that the GST was a collective decision of all the states and all political …

Gujarat Assembly polls: Narendra Modi's defensive speech on GST shows nervousness building up in BJP
7 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat Assembly polls: Narendra Modi's defensive speech on GST shows nervousness building up in BJP

Firstpost  

Modi should have bravely owned up the flaws in the GST implementation instead of passing the burden to the Congress. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was addressing the nation in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on Monday, switched from Hindi to Gujarati half way during the course of his speech to speak on GST, his audience suddenly narrowed down to the local …

'Congress, Gandhis hate Gujarat': Modi deploys time-tested rhetoric of Gujarati pride to take heat off GST woes
7 years, 5 months ago

'Congress, Gandhis hate Gujarat': Modi deploys time-tested rhetoric of Gujarati pride to take heat off GST woes

Firstpost  

In one final call to the Gujarat electorate embattled by the twin blows of demonetisation and GST, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have assured the trading community in Gandhinagar on Monday that he would ensure all their complaints on the new tax regime are resolved but simultaneously washed his hands of the issue calling it a “collective decision.” In one …

Modi slams Congress, says decision of GST 'not taken by PM Modi alone'
7 years, 5 months ago

Modi slams Congress, says decision of GST 'not taken by PM Modi alone'

Deccan Chronicle  

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at Congress for attacking the centre for the launch of Goods and Services Tax. Modi said that there was a "saffron wave" everywhere, while adding that the development politics of the BJP will beat Congress' dynastic politics. The Prime Minister went on to say, "BJP is party of workers not dynastic …

Modi govt trying to resolve GST-related issues, says Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani at India TV conclave ‘Chunav Manch’
7 years, 5 months ago

Modi govt trying to resolve GST-related issues, says Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani at India TV conclave ‘Chunav Manch’

India TV News  

Modi govt trying to resolve GST-related issues, says Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani at India TV conclave ‘Chunav Manch’ Rupani said Narendra Modi government is trying to resolve all problems being faced by small businesses in the aftermath of the GST implementation. Amid fears in the BJP that the party is losing support of the traders community, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay …

Akhilesh Yadav says GST hastily implemented, people suffering
7 years, 5 months ago

Akhilesh Yadav says GST hastily implemented, people suffering

India TV News  

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the Modi government of rushing through the Goods and Services Tax because of which, he said, people were facing a lot of problems. Addressing party workers on the 50th death anniversary of socialist ideologue Ram Manohar Lohia, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also said that as a result of the faulty …

PM Modi not ready to accept reality of demonetisation, GST impact: Akhilesh Yadav
7 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi not ready to accept reality of demonetisation, GST impact: Akhilesh Yadav

India TV News  

Slamming the Centre over demonetisation and the GST, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not prepared to accept the reality of their impact. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also accused the BJP of misleading the people on issues such as the loan waiver for farmers and corruption. From luring farmers with the …

GST Council meet today: Narendra Modi needs to save small units, not let rivals demonise the tax reform
7 years, 5 months ago

GST Council meet today: Narendra Modi needs to save small units, not let rivals demonise the tax reform

Firstpost  

Small companies are feeling the heat of the Goods and Services Tax rollout. “The short-term liquidity crisis arising from delayed input credit refunds is due to the difficulties in mapping the inventory held on the transition date with respective invoices, various GST Network-related technical issues and admissibility of these refund claims. As India Ratings points out in its report, GST …

Delhi Congress to launch anti-GST campaign to raise awareness on adverse effects of tax scheme
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi Congress to launch anti-GST campaign to raise awareness on adverse effects of tax scheme

Firstpost  

The Delhi Congress will launch a week-long anti-GST campaign on 30 July at all the major markets of the city, intensifying its agitation against the “wrong implementation” of the new tax regime, it said on Monday New Delhi: The Delhi Congress will launch a week-long anti-GST campaign on 30 July at all the major markets of the city, intensifying its …

Onions and GST: Making sense of Modi's 'New India' and Congress politics
7 years, 9 months ago

Onions and GST: Making sense of Modi's 'New India' and Congress politics

ABP News  

Travelling out of Indore on the highway towards Ratlam last Monday, I saw a mile-long line of trucks loaded with onions. Thus, unless tackled at a fundamental level, farm loan write-offs will become as much a part of the agricultural business model as wilful loan defaults and NPAs are to industry. While accusing Modi of governing through “event management”, the …

GST, India’s biggest tax reform, launched at midnight; PM Modi says ‘Good and Simple Tax’ will help poor
7 years, 9 months ago

GST, India’s biggest tax reform, launched at midnight; PM Modi says ‘Good and Simple Tax’ will help poor

Hindustan Times  

Pressing a button at the stroke of midnight on Friday, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India’s biggest tax reform from the historic central hall of parliament, cheered on by some of the country’s top names in politics, business and law. President Pranab Mukherjee and PM Narendra Modi press buttons for the launch of Goods and Services …

With touch of a button, PM Narendra Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee launch historic GST
7 years, 9 months ago

With touch of a button, PM Narendra Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee launch historic GST

India TV News  

At the stroke of the midnight hour, India launched its ambitious pan-India indirect tax regime, the Goods and Services Tax to bind the country into a regime of 'one nation, one tax, one market'. The roll out was done by President Pranab Mukherjee, who had originally moved the Constitution Amendment bill for bringing GST way back in 2011 when he …

GST rollout: Opposition parties' stand against tax reform act is not just late, but also outlandishly illogical
7 years, 9 months ago

GST rollout: Opposition parties' stand against tax reform act is not just late, but also outlandishly illogical

Firstpost  

If the opposition parties are so against the idea of GST, which in their words is an ’epic blunder’, why did they allow the bill to pass in the first place The opposition parties’ decision to boycott the special session of the Parliament on Friday midnight for GST rollout gives a critical clue on India’s mindset towards reforms. If the …

Goods and Services Tax implementation a ‘tamasha’, says Congress vice president Rahul
7 years, 9 months ago

Goods and Services Tax implementation a ‘tamasha’, says Congress vice president Rahul

The Hindu  

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday dubbed the implementation of GST as a “tamasha”, saying the reform was being rushed through in a “half-baked” manner as a “self-promotional spectacle”. Mr. Gandhi, currently abroad on a holiday, hit out at the government, accusing it of being “insensitive” for rolling out GST without planning, foresight and institutional readiness, as it did during …

What is GST? Varanasi traders call for shut down, seek explanation
7 years, 9 months ago

What is GST? Varanasi traders call for shut down, seek explanation

Deccan Chronicle  

Varanasi : At a time when Bharatiya Janata Party is going gala about the roll out of the Goods and Services Tax, the common traders of Varanasi are crying foul over the complexities of implementation of the tax reform. Traders of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency are having apprehensions about the nitty-gritties of the GST. Urging Prime Minister Modi …

Congress divided on GST launch event
7 years, 9 months ago

Congress divided on GST launch event

The Hindu  

The Congress is divided on whether it should participate in the Modi government’s midnight launch of the Goods and Services Tax, slated for June 30. Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress has announced it will boycott the event, while the CPI has said it will not issue a whip for the occasion, leaving it to individual members to take a view. The …

Mamata Banerjee raises concern over GST roll-out from July 1, calls it ‘epic blunder’ after demonetisation
7 years, 9 months ago

Mamata Banerjee raises concern over GST roll-out from July 1, calls it ‘epic blunder’ after demonetisation

India TV News  

Blasting the central government for its decision to roll-out Goods and Services Tax from July 1, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today termed it an “epic blunder” on part of the Modi government, after the demonetisation move. We have been for GST from the beginning but are very worried now with the way the central government is going ahead …

Opposition to boycott GST launch? Modi govt reaches out to Manmohan Singh for special GST Council meet
7 years, 9 months ago

Opposition to boycott GST launch? Modi govt reaches out to Manmohan Singh for special GST Council meet

India TV News  

With a section of the opposition parties yet to take a call on attending the special session for the midnight launch of the Goods and Services Tax, the government is learnt to have reached out to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with an invitation to attend the midnight meeting of the GST Council to usher in the country's new tax …

What if GST goes the disastrous demonetisation way?
7 years, 9 months ago

What if GST goes the disastrous demonetisation way?

ABP News  

Opinion may still be divided on the fiscal impact of demonetisation but one lesson should be clear to all, the perils of going in for a mega disruption without adequate logistics and back-end preparation. Surely these thoughts are crossing the minds of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, the two main architects of GST. This is already …

GST done: Now can Jaitley, Manmohan Singh take political consensus ahead for more reforms?
7 years, 11 months ago

GST done: Now can Jaitley, Manmohan Singh take political consensus ahead for more reforms?

Firstpost  

On Thursday, it was heartening to see both the BJP and Congress leadership joining hands in Parliament to push one of India’s biggest reform items a step closer to reality — the Goods and Services Tax Bill. The global perception on India’s slow-paced progress on big ticket reforms, something that has been cited often by rating agencies and multilateral agencies …

GST Bill debate LIVE: Lok Sabha passes all four Bills
8 years ago

GST Bill debate LIVE: Lok Sabha passes all four Bills

Business Standard  

GST Bill debate: Congress' Veerappa Moily says Rajya Sabha undermined by government, all members should resign Congress on GST Bill: As we already told you, one nation, one tax has remained a myth 7 hours allotted for landmark tax reform as Modi govt eyes July 1 launch Would like Finance Minister to clarify how tax compliance will be simplified: Veerappa …

PM Narendra Modi revisits economic reform agenda after landslide election win
8 years ago

PM Narendra Modi revisits economic reform agenda after landslide election win

Firstpost  

Armed with a new mandate as a champion of the poor, Modi still faces a struggle to implement reforms to boost growth and jobs in Asia’s third-largest economy, say experts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fresh from his landslide election victory in Uttar Pradesh, now has a chance to advance his economic reform agenda. Voters in Uttar Pradesh handed Modi’s Bharatiya …

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