New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Following the government's announcements on GST reform last evening, the Congress today criticised the move, accusing the government of making minor adjustment to a broken system instead of ushering in the long-promised GST 2.0 overhaul.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh while slamming the reform said that while the latest measures may offer some festive season relief, they fall well short of the deep structural reforms India needs.
"The Indian National Congress has for long been advocating for a GST 2.0 that reduces the number of rates, cuts the rates on a large number of items of mass consumption, minimises evasion, mis-classification, and disputes, does away with inverted duty structure (lower tax on output as ...