PM claiming 'sole ownership' of GST regime amendments: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
GST
Dated:- 21-9-2025
PTI
New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking “sole ownership” of the amendments made to the GST regime and said the current reforms were inadequate, with no resolution to the states' demand for an extension of compensation for another five years.
\n A day before reduced GST rates come into effect, Modi made a strong pitch for promoting 'swadeshi' goods and asserted that the next generation GST reforms would accelerate India's growth story, increase ease of doing business, and attract more investors.
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\n “We have been demanding a GST 2.0 since July 2017 itself. This was a key pledge made in our Nyay Patra for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections,” he said.
\n Ramesh said the current GST reforms were inadequate, with outstanding issues, including the widespread concerns of MSMEs, the major employment generators in the economy.
\n “Apart from major procedural changes, this involves further increasing the thresholds that apply to interstate supplies,” he said.
\n Ramesh claimed that there were also sectoral issues \u2013 for instance, in textiles, tourism, exporters, handicrafts and agricultural inputs \u2013 that must be tackled.
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