Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that the government was trying to reduce goods and services tax (GST) on 99% of the items below 18% as ‘belated wisdom’. “Having scrambled the egg needlessly when GST was introduced, government is trying to unscramble it! Typical of NDA,” Mr. Chidambaram tweeted. In a series of tweets, he pointed that the government “has started with 18 per cent as the standard rate”. “BJP/NDA governance mantra is ‘Leap before you look’. Which is the reason for the damage caused by GST to businesses, especially MSMEs,” he added.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/reducing-gst-is-belated-wisdom/article25785567.ece