Arjun Ram Meghwal said a team of 180 officials and 30 ministers is on the job. Photo: PTINew Delhi: The government is monitoring implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) regularly and teething issues are being resolved immediately, minister of state for finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Saturday. Authorities are also keeping a tab on impact of GST on prices of various commodities. GST — touted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘good and simple tax’ — was rolled out on 1 July. On GDP growth, he said manufacturing was hit in June because of destocking in light of GST implementation from 1 July.

Source: Mint September 02, 2017 10:41 UTC