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IN PHOTOS: Congress leader Sachin Pilot demands to rationalise GST

Updated On: 09 January, 2025 09:21 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Ahead of the Union Budget, Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Thursday demanded that the Centre rationalise goods and services tax (GST) slabs and provide relief to the middle class and lower income groups. Pics/Shadab khan

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Ahead of the Union Budget, Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Thursday demanded that the Centre rationalise goods and services tax (GST) slabs and provide relief to the middle class and lower income groups. Pics/Shadab khan

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Ahead of the Union Budget, Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Thursday demanded that the Centre rationalise goods and services tax (GST) slabs and provide relief to the middle class and lower income groups. Pics/Shadab khan
<p>Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, the former Union minister said the BJP-led NDA government should unveil GST 2.0 in the budget for fiscal year 2025-26 to be presented in Parliament on February 1</p>

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Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, the former Union minister said the BJP-led NDA government should unveil GST 2.0 in the budget for fiscal year 2025-26 to be presented in Parliament on February 1

<p>After subsuming majority indirect taxes, GST became a single domestic indirect tax law for the entire country</p>

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After subsuming majority indirect taxes, GST became a single domestic indirect tax law for the entire country

<p>GST, when it was conceived by the (Congress-led) UPA, was supposed to widen the tax bracket, but it has ended up increasing income of a few persons and providing no relief to the middle class and lower income groups,` Pilot noted</p>

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GST, when it was conceived by the (Congress-led) UPA, was supposed to widen the tax bracket, but it has ended up increasing income of a few persons and providing no relief to the middle class and lower income groups,` Pilot noted

<p>Only 5 per cent people in the country pay income tax, while the rest of the population pays GST which burdens the middle class and professionals, the Congress leader emphasised</p>

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Only 5 per cent people in the country pay income tax, while the rest of the population pays GST which burdens the middle class and professionals, the Congress leader emphasised

<p>The BJP opposed GST, Aadhaar project and DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) when they were conceived during the UPA rule, but supported them after coming to power, he said</p>

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The BJP opposed GST, Aadhaar project and DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) when they were conceived during the UPA rule, but supported them after coming to power, he said

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