New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has strongly defended the Narendra Modi government's recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, dismissing opposition criticism that the measures represent "1.5 reforms" or a case of "better late than never." Union Minister Goyal argued that such remarks reflect a lack of understanding of the systematic, step-by-step approach adopted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past eight years.

"Well, I think it only demonstrates their ignorance that they have not understood the step-by-step systematic way in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made this entire GST over the last eight years a success story which is watched by the whole world," Piyush Goyal said....