INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Friday presented the BusinessLine Changemaker Of The Year award to Union Minister Arun Jaitley for successfully introducing the Goods and
Services Tax (GST), giving the BJP an opportunity to heckle the Congress on social media."Today GST COUNCIL got BUSINESS LINE-CHANGE MAKER
Presented to Finance Minister Shri @arunjaitley by Dr Manmohan Singh
Gabbar Singh Tax, Rahul Gandhi" it tweeted, referring to the critical manner in which the opposition party usually views the new tax
regime.Mr Jaitley accepted the award from Dr Singh on the behalf of the GST Council at a glittering ceremony attended by over 200 guests in
The award was shared by petitioners against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, who managed to get a draconian law against same-sex
the GST in 2017, causing untold hardships to citizens as well as small businesses
By calling it "Gabbar Singh Tax", party president Rahul Gandhi meant to say that it is as merciless on the people as the iconic villain
played by late actor Amjad Khan from the 1975 classic Sholay.Even Dr Singh had criticised the centre for implementing the GST regime close
on the heels of the demonetisation initiative
"What is the net impact of demonetisation and the hasty implementation of the GST It led to a slowdown of our economic growth," he said at a
Kochi rally in 2017.Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said in a rally that although the GST initially caused some distress to people,
they eventually came around to appreciating its benefits
Highlighting how tax rates for 1,200-1,250 items of daily use were lowered under the new system, he said: "Tax rates were brought down to
18% for some, 12-5% for others, and even 0% for certain items
We did this after acquiring public feedback."He also said it was "unfortunate" that the opposition was creating such a hue and cry over a
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