Key Points
In its manifesto ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party has promised that it will replace the current Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime introduced by the Narendra Modi-led BJP government with GST 2.0, with rates that will not burden the poor...
The new GST regime will be based on the universally accepted principle that GST shall be a single, moderate rate (with a few exceptions) that will not burden the poor," Congress said in its manifesto...
The Congress government has opposed the current GST regime which was introduced by the late Finance Minister Arun Jaitley under the first term of the NDA government for its multiple rates that it claims is a burden on India's poor...
