New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- From the ramparts of the Red Fort this Independence Day on August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered Indians a pledge of liberation - not from colonial rule, but from the labyrinthine tax system his government created eight years earlier.
In 2017, Modi convened a rare midnight session of parliament, consciously echoing Jawaharlal Nehru's 1947 "tryst with destiny" speech, to inaugurate the Goods and Services Tax.
Billed as a "Good and Simple Tax," it quickly devolved into a sprawling structure of five slabs, countless exemptions and frequent disputes.
A Diwali Gift for Indians?
Now, Modi is seeking redemption. By Diwali, he has promised to introduce "next generation" GST reforms, collapsing five slabs into t...
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