Highlights 1 Opportunity of adding 2 per cent to India's GDP squandered away by GST mess. 3 Govt clueless about reforms, which are supposed to remove arbitrary decision-making. Reacting to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council's easing of rules for exporters and small companies , the Congress termed the reduction in GST rates "too little, too late" and said the government needed to do much more to address people's concerns under the new tax reform measure. Procedural reliefs will not compensate for messing with the basic architecture of GST by the Modi government." "This govt remains clueless about reforms, which are supposed to reduce complexity and remove discretion, arbitrary decision-making," it said.

Source: India Today October 06, 2017 17:48 UTC