GST reforms to bring big relief to people who suffered huge tax burden under Cong: BJP
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Dated:- 6-9-2025
PTI
New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) The GST rate cuts will not only benefit the common people but also boost India's economy, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw asserted on Saturday and hit out at the Congress, alleging “heavy tax burden” during its rule.
He also asserted that the government is keeping a “close watch” to ensure that the benefits of the GST rationalisation are passed on to the common people.
The GST Council's decision to bring all products, except those under the sin and luxury goods category, under 5 per cent and 18 per cent slabs, while reducing it to zero on a host of essential items, will come into effect from
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d earlier reflected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to the welfare of common people, including middle-class families, in the country.
Asked if the GST reforms are aimed at mitigating the impacts of the US tariffs on Indian goods, the minister said, “This has been done with the feeling that a very good transformational change should come in the lives of common people.” “No external factor has any role in this,” he asserted.
The BJP leader said the government was working on the GST reforms for about one and a half years, with the prime minister continuously following up exercise and giving “guidance” at every step.
“This is a very important decision taken by Prime Minister Modi. He had given a new confidence to the country f
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ies have a good relationship between them,” he said.
The prime minister has given a “new shape” to India's foreign policy, keeping in mind national interest and the interest of the people of the country, Vaishnaw said.
On Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asking the government to ensure that the rate cuts do not benefit only a “favoured few” after it “virtually” abolished the National Anti-profiteering Authority earlier this year, Vaishnaw hit back, “The Congress should talk about its term.” The Modi government does not work on “dhul-mul” (irresolute) policies as the Congress did during its term, he said.
“You all know about the prime minister's style of working. The prime minister has taken clear decisions and also implemented them. Yo
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