Nirmala Sitharaman
After the new GST was implemented across the country, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met traders and customers in Laxminagar, East Delhi on Monday and interacted on GST. The Finance Minister told the traders that customers should consider it as a ‘deity’ and with this thinking this new GST has been improved.
Nirmala Sitharaman said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi also recently gave the message of ‘Citizen Devas Bhava:’. That is, to respect citizens and work for them is the priority of the government. Shopkeepers should also consider customers like a deity. He told that earlier there were different taxes in different states in India, which caused a lot of trouble to the traders. GST With the arrival of many different taxes turned into a tax, which has made business easier.
Story of GST reform first and now
Nirmala Sitharaman said that GST started in 2017, but then there was no scope for its improvement as it was difficult to focus due to elections and then corona in 2019. After the election, the Prime Minister said that work on GST. A new reform was prepared in a month and passed in the GST Council.
The prices of 375 items used to be used in this improvement were reduced. The first GST rates were 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%, which is now only 5% and 18%. Most of the goods are now in 5% tax slab. This has affected the common man’s pocket because now most of the goods have become cheaper.
Benefits for customers
Finance Minister said that new GST You will get to save more money from. He reminded that the government has also completely forgiven the tax on income up to 12 lakhs. Nirmala Sitharaman further said that everyone’s support and cooperation is necessary to make India a developed country by 2047. Every citizen of the country will benefit directly and indirectly from this reform.
MP Harsh Malhotra’s support
East Delhi MP and Union Minister of State Harsh Malhotra also supported the Finance Minister. He said that this is the biggest service of the government that this time the income of up to 12 lakhs was given tax free in the budget. He informed that after implementing One Nation One Tax, tax has been cut on millions of goods. Almost everything from kitchen to electronics has been exempted. Now GST is just two slabs at 5% and 18%, which is a major improvement for business.