Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary has said that the recent GST reforms will spur market consumption and boost the domestic economy. He said the impact of these reforms will be known in the next four to six months. He said ‘Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that when GST reforms bring additional money into the hands of the common people, it will definitely boost market purchasing and accelerate our economy.’ He said that though the GST system was introduced in 2017 under the leadership of PM Modi, efforts for it were going on for 10 years.
Taking aim at the previous Congress-led UPA government, the MoS said the then government was not successful in introducing the GST system because people didn't trust that government. The lack of credibility was the reason that the erstwhile government couldn't convince states to adopt the GST system. He alleged that the business community faced numerous difficulties due to a tax system riddled with various glitches when the previous government was in power.
Talking about the apprehension of tax revenues of states decreasing due to GST reforms, Choudhary said ‘the government's job is not just to collect revenue. The government's job is also to provide relief to the common man. We won't call this (GST reforms) a revenue loss. We have provided benefits to the public through this’. He said ‘the savings from the GST reduction will put additional money in the hands of ordinary people. This will increase purchasing power in the market and boost our economy. This will make up (the reduction in state tax revenues which is apprehended)’.
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