GST rollout to bring unprecedented reform: Survey

February 26, 2016 14:12

Expressing disappointment over delay in the passage of GST bill, the Economic Survey today said the roll out of Goods and Services Tax will usher in an "unprecedented reform" in modern global tax history.

"There have also been some disappointments -- especially the Goods and Services Tax -- which need to be retrieved going forward," said the Survey tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament.

GST will subsume excise, service tax, VAT and other state levies, will bring in a single-rate indirect tax in the country and is estimated to affect 2-2.5 million excise and service tax payers.

"Accelerated structural reforms at the Centre, the dynamism of competitive federalism, and good economics being good politics could all combine to maintain the fundamental promise that is India," the Survey said.

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