This issue comes after the GST Council announced a cut of rates on bidis from 28% to 18%, while the tax on bidi wrapper leaves (tendu) was reduced from 18% to 5%. 

'B' stands for Buddhi (intelligence) too: Congress slammed for equating Bihar with beedi amid GST row

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday night clarified that the Centre's Goods and Services Tax (GST) reform push wasn't linked to what she described as the “tariff turmoil”. 

Did 'tariff turmoil' prompt Centre's mega GST reform? Nirmala Sitharaman's clarification

Indias experiment with One Nation One Tax Did GST deliver on the promises

India’s experiment with 'One Nation, One Tax': Did GST deliver on the promises?

The finance minister stated that there is active work underway to review the current GST framework, including rate slabs, tax inversions, and the layering of levies.

India set for major GST overhaul; tax rates likely to fall

Goods and Services Tax evasion surges to Rs 2.01 lakh crore in FY24

GST collection at record-high in December 2020

Nifty, Sensex gain ahead of tax council meet

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman likely to unveil measures to boost economic growth: Sources

GST restructured one of the world's clumsiest indirect tax system: Arun Jaitley

EAC-PM releases detailed analysis on robustness of India's GDP estimation methodology

GST collections top Rs 1 lakh crore in January

India aims 'Top 50' rank next year in ease of doing business: PM Modi

Opposition-ruled states oppose rate cuts in GST citing revenue consideration

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley bats for one nation, one health policy

Impact of GST on the formal sector

India's growth rate is expected to increase to 7.8% in 2019, the IMF said. China on the other is expected to grow at 6.6% in 2018 and 6.4% next year

India to grow at 7.4% in 2018, says IMF

A single monthly return filing system would come into force in six months, Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said.

GST Council defers decision on sugar cess, refers digital payments incentive issue to GoM

As per the Ministry of Finance, the total gross GST revenue collected in the month of April stood at Rs.1,03,458 crore, consisting of Central GST (CGST) worth Rs.18,652 crore, State GST (SGST) of Rs.25,704 crore, Integrated GST (IGST) of Rs. 50,548 crore (including 21,246 crores collected on imports) and cess of Rs.8554 crore (including Rs.702 crore collected on imports)

GST revenue collected for April exceeds Rs 1 lakh crore

'However, there are concerns that a durable recovery may remain constrained by factors such as the persistence of low productivity and debt overhang problems in advanced economies as well as in some emerging market economies, rising populism and protectionism, and the slow pace of structural reforms,' Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs said

GST, demonetisation brought 1.8 million more people into Income-Tax net: India

The implementation of the goods and services tax (GST), despite a bumpy road, is going to help secure the solidity of foundation of public finances, David Lipton, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton said

India's reforms bearing fruits, make case for more steps: IMF

Proper implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India can be worked upon and is not an 'unfixable problem', former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has said, reiterating that demonetisation was 'not a well-planned, well thought-out' move

Implementation of GST not 'unfixable' problem: Ex RBI governor Raghuram Rajan

Reports say that over 1.71 lakh interstate e-way bill was generated

Over 1.7 lakh e-way bills generated on inter-state E-way bill launch day; real load test tomorrow

The World Bank said, in a report, that India has the highest standard GST rate in Asia and the second-highest in the world after Chile

India's GST system most complex globally: World Bank

'There are some signs that the Indian economy is starting to recover from the soft growth patch attributed to the negative impact of the demonetisation undertaken in 2016 and disruption related to last year?s rollout of the Goods and Service Tax,' said Moody's

India to grow at 7.6% in 2018: Moody's

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