Want GST 2.0 to be Good and Simple Tax not Growth Suppressing Tax: Cong
GST
Dated:- 16-8-2025
PTI
New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) The Congress Saturday demanded an official discussion paper on GST 2.0 soon for a wider debate on it and said the reform should be towards a “Good and Simple Tax” in letter, spirit, and compliance, and not the “Growth Suppressing Tax” it has become.
\nThe opposition party's assertion came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that GST rates will be lowered by Diwali, bringing down prices of everyday use items, as his government looks to reform the eight-year-old regime that has been plagued by litigation and evasion.
\nCongress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said that<\/p>\n
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\n“The GST compensation cess expires on March 31, 2026. This must be extended to offset any revenue uncertainty from the rationalisation of the rate structure.” \tRamesh said the widespread concerns of MSMEs the major employment generators in the economy must be addressed meaningfully, he said, adding that apart from major procedural changes in GST, this will involve further increasing the thresholds that must apply to interstate supplies as well.
\nSectoral issues that have surfaced, for instance, in textiles, tourism, exporters, handicrafts an<\/p>\n