Congress leaders, particularly Rahul Gandhi, have made the GST and demonetisation as key issues of their election campaign. He also reiterated that India needed a simple tax and not the “Gabbar Singh Tax” as he had been describing the tax regime to target the Modi government. Gehlot claimed the GST Council brought about the changes in tax rates with an eye on votes in Gujarat. The GST Council yesterday decided to reduce tax rate on items ranging from chewing gums to detergents — to 18% from current 28%. The all-powerful council pruned the list of items attracting the top 28% tax rate to just 50 from 228 previously.

Source: Mint November 11, 2017 10:18 UTC