8 Years of GST, India's Key Indirect Tax Reform
- India completed eight years of Goods and Services Tax implementation on July 1, 2025, marking a major indirect tax reform.
- The GST was introduced on July 1, 2017, to replace multiple indirect taxes with a unified system to simplify compliance and unify markets.
- GST collections reached a record Rs 2.37 lakh crore in April 2025 and Rs 2.01 lakh crore in May, reflecting steady revenue growth and improved compliance.
- Prime Minister Modi called GST a landmark reform reshaping India's economy, while Rahul Gandhi criticized it as a 'compliance nightmare' that favors corporates over common citizens.
- The government plans to rationalize tax slabs, widen the tax base including petroleum, and streamline compliance to improve GST's efficiency and ease of doing business.
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PM calls GST a landmark reform, Rahul Gandhi sees 8 years of economic injustice
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the completion of eight years of GST implementation, but his praise was sharply countered by Rahul Gandhi, who condemned the tax system as a form of "economic injustice".
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