NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi 's jibe on goods and services tax (GST) even as it decided to waive late payment fee for taxpayers. "Those habitual of 2G and coal block scams, will have objections to legitimate tax," Arun Jaitley said in response to a question on Rahul Gandhi's comment dubbing it as Gabbar Singh Tax . The respect they have towards the cash economy is clear from this celebration. The government is of the firm view that it should be a less cash economy and the opposition thinks the cash economy should be large. "Despite the teething troubles, the government and the GST Council are addressing (the concerns), initial results in the form of revenue raised seem encouraging.

Source: Times of India October 25, 2017 00:43 UTC