(ET)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the government’s top bureaucrats that they will be the torch bearers of the goods and services tax (GST) and impressed upon them that the finance ministry cannot bear the entire burden of getting the new regime up and running.
GST, one of India’s most significant reforms in decades, is expected to be rolled out on July 1. In a two-hour meeting with all secretaries on Monday evening, the PM stressed that the “load-bearing of GST cannot be borne by a single pillar of ministry of finance,” a secretary present at the meeting told ET.
“The PM said there have to be multiple pillars and an integrated implementation of GST should be worked out by all ministries in which GST has a bearing. He said all secretaries have to take the leadership role in implementing GST.”
