The Principal Media Advisor to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Naresh Chauhanon, on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to reduce GST slabs but accused the Modi government of exploiting people for eight years under what he termed as a "Jaziya tax."
"For 8 years, the country was looted by imposing wrong GST. Businesses were wiped out and the common people's income was limited. They kept on saying 'One Nation One Tax' but imposed five slabs. Businesses were wiped out and the common people's income was limited, and now 8 years later they
"When GST was implemented, the entire Opposition had pointed out that it would destroy the small and medium-scale industry and affect the growth rate, and there would be a rise in inflation. GST was imposed on the country for 8 years. Today, the BJP should accept that they had made a mistake
Locals pointed out that the decision to simplify slabs into primarily 5 percent and 18 percent, while lowering or eliminating GST on several essential commodities, will ease household expenses and create wider economic opportunities.
Rai Kumar Nahar, who is the Chairman of The Poona Merchant Chamber, has pointed out that the previous GST slabs mandated implementation of different kinds of rates which led to mistakes, which will be reduced by the newly brought reforms.
As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms come into effect on the occasion of Navratri, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that the government will reach out to traders and consumers to spread awareness regarding the benefits of the new tax slabs.
Chairman of the Twenty Points Programme Implementation, Lanka Dinakar, Government of Andhra Pradesh lauded the revision of Goods and Services Tax (GST) slabs and said that the primary motive of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to benefit common man with the Next Generation GST Reforms for
Following the Goods and Services Tax (GST) overhaul and reducing the Services Tax slabs to two, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Tarun Chugh lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the Delhi BJP passed a vote of thanks and trade organisations in Delhi would c
Reduction and rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax slabs - reducing them to two, and exempting certain items, including premiums for health and life insurance - were 18 months in the making, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at an NDTV summit Tuesday.
The new GST rates and slabs will have a wide-scale positive impact on the many items related to heavy industries, be it auto, transport, or auto ancillaries.