GST rate cut benefits reaching consumers, govt monitoring prices of 54 items
GST
Dated:- 18-10-2025
PTI
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the benefits of GST reforms are reaching consumers in the form of reduced prices.
Addressing a press conference on GST Bachat Utsav, she said the government has been monitoring price cuts in 54 items across the country since the lower GST rates came into effect on September 22.
“GST rate reduction has resulted in increase of purchases. The consumption drive will continue,” Sitharaman said.
“We are convinced that on every such items benefits are being passed on by companies,” she added.
In case of some items, businesses have passed on to consum
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