The future of GST hangs in the balance

“The credibility of the GST Council and the larger idea of cooperative federalism can still be salvaged if the Centre can shed its cussedness. ...

States Need An ‘Act Of Comfort’ On GST, Not A Letter Of Comfort

The Government of India’s position on the standoff between the federal government and the states on the issue of the Goods and Services... ...

In GST Row, Centre Throws Nationalism Argument At States

The union government and states are squabbling over the Goods & Services Tax (GST). ...

India’s Tax Reform

he greatest political venture since that originated in Philadelphia in 1787.” That is how the renowned American historian Granville Austin described... ...

India’s ‘simplified’ tax scheme is anything but simple

Twenty-nine disparate states are now working under the same, centralised Goods and Services Tax, but most seem ill-prepared for the tidal wave of economic disorder it seems likely to bring ...

The GST anti-profiteering ‘weapon’

This new 'weapon' in the arsenal of the Union government has been designed and launched as part of the Goods and Services Tax ...