Broadly, tax incidence will come down because rates on bulk of the items in 12% and 28% slabs will come down,' a senior govt official said. The plan is to move 99% of the mass-use items in 12% slab to 5% bracket, with a small set moving to 18%.
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s Independence Day promise of cheaper daily-use items through a simplified two-slab GST structure, pitched as “next-generation reforms” and a Diwali gift for the nation, ...
The proposal includes scrapping the current 12% and 28% rates, leaving two core slabs, 5% and 18% ... The overall rationalisation into fewer slabs is very much on the cards because we have to prepare for Viksit Bharat @ 2047...
The ministry described the new GST roadmap as a "three-pillar blueprint" aimed at making the system more transparent, stable, and citizen-friendly ... .
The new plan, which has been sent to the GSTCouncil and the Rate Rationalisation Group of Ministers (GoM), suggests a shift to a two-rate structure of 5% and 18% ... .