Expressing happiness over the smooth rollout of the recently launched Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that although the government had factored in a huge amount of disruption, the switchover to GST has been smoother than anticipated and noted that implementation of new tax regime along with last year’s demonetization move would increase the tax base ratio over a period of time.
Jaitley further said that after these two big moves, the manner in which India has taken difficult decisions and implemented them have made reforms look easier, adding that the next one or two years will be the period of implementation for the country and net impact would be greater buoyancy in the tax collections. FM however expressed some concern too, saying that in the medium or long term, the direction of the country’s expenditure should be the main priority.
Further, while highlighting that the economy is becoming more competitive in many areas like infrastructure and aviation sector, finance minister said that the direction in which the economy is moving is not reversible. He also said that India has potential to sustain a high level of growth over the next decade.
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