In the alarming economic situation in the country, augmenting
tax collection is one of the primary concerns of the government to deal with as
Central GST collection fell short of the budgeted estimate by nearly 40 per cent
during the April-November period of 2019-20. But whether it is a knee jerk
reaction or smooth transition, composition of GoM on IGST has been changed
after Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was heading the GoM, has
opted out of the ministerial panel. Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar
Modi will now head the GoM. What is so alarming that the government is
desperate:
In the alarming economic situation in the country, augmenting tax collection is one of the primary concerns of the government to deal with as Central GST collection fell short of the budgeted estimate by nearly 40 per cent during the April-November period of 2019-20. But whether it is a knee jerk reaction or smooth transition, composition of GoM on IGST has been changed after Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was heading the GoM, has opted out of the ministerial panel. Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi will now head the GoM. What is so alarming that the government is desperate: