India, Sept. 5 -- Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday hailed the reform in goods and services tax (GST) as "one of a kind" since independence, describing it as a "gift" to the nation.

He also drew a sharp contrast with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) era, claiming that state governments back then lacked trust in the central government over compensation assurances tied to the rollout of a unified indirect tax.

"When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the GST in 2017, he committed to all states a 14% growth in the annual revenue. PM Modi had the confidence of all states and that's how the one indirect tax was announced," Goyal said while addressing mediapersons in New Delhi.

He asserted that the PM Modi-...