The two-day meeting, being held on September 3 and 4, is expected to bring significant changes to India's indirect tax structure, with discussions centred around rationalising and reducing the number of GST slabs.
Despite global headwinds ranging from tariff volatility to geopolitical tensions, NSE's Macro Review report notes that India's GDP momentum could ease over in next few quarters as higher tariffs begin to weigh on exports. At the same time, a possible rationalisation of GST rates ahead of the
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday addressed the Group of Ministers (GoMs) constituted by the GST Council on Compensation Cess, Health and Life Insurance (for individuals), and Rate Rationalisation at Vigyan Bhawan.
Seeking to cut red tape and speed up expansion plans, top leaders from the retail and FMCG sectors on Tuesday urged the government to simplify compliance processes through a common portal, rationalise GST rates, and streamline licensing norms.
The report estimated that the GST 2.0 regime, while involving an average revenue loss of Rs 85,000 crore, has resulted in a substantial consumption boost of Rs 1.98 lakh crore.
The Indian stock markets could see a major boost over the coming year as the government's move to rationalize Goods and Services Tax (GST) is expected to lift growth and sentiment.
The fiscal cost of the government's proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate rationalisation will remain manageable, according to a UBS report, which estimates the revenue loss to be about Rs. 1.1 trillion annually, or 0.3 per cent of GDP.
In the Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced upcoming next-gen GST reforms before Diwali so as to benefit consumers, small industries and MSMEs.
The government's recent decision to rationalise Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates is likely to ramp up domestic demand and lift consumer sentiment, according to a report by Centrum Institutional Research.
Most of the "common man items" are proposed to be moved to the lower GST slab rate of 5 per cent under the GST rationalisation initiative, government sources said on Friday, noting that the Centre will closely engage with states to build a broad-based consensus in the coming weeks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of the 79th Independence Day, announced that the government's focus is now on the next phase of GST reforms, built on three pillars: structural reforms, rate rationalisation and ease of living.