New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Companies in India will ramp up manufacturing of consumer goods following the Government's GST (Goods and Services Tax) 2.0 reforms, a move executives say will drive both manufacturing and sales-led employment across the country.

"Organisations will increase manufacturing of these products, and this will directly lead to both manufacturing- as well as sales-led employment in the country," said Lohit Bhatia, President - Workforce Management, Quess Corp.

Explaining the potential impact of the indirect tax rate rationalisation, Quess Corp's Bhatia said the government has effectively targeted the food and consumption basket of Indian consumers--at a time when domestic demand had been subdued due to high interest rates ...