"GST reforms shaping India's economic future" by Dhanendra Kumar, Chairman, COMPAD
The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2017 marked a pivotal moment in the nation's economic history, fundamentally reshaping the indirect tax system by unifying multiple taxes into a single, streamlined framework. It replaced a complex structure of indirect taxes like Service Tax, Central Excise Duty, and Value Added Tax (VAT) with a comprehensive taxation system, with the objective of simplifying compliance and enhancing the ease of doing business (EoDB) across the country.