Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Diwali has come early for our citizens due to the decisions taken in the GST Council.
PM said "We had said we will study all aspects relating to GST for 3 months, including the shortcomings. And thus, the decisions were taken with consensus at the GST council."
PM Modi made this remark a day after the Goods and Services Tax Council reduced rates for 27 items as it rushes to address growing criticism of its stewardship of Asia's third-largest economy.
GST rate on many daily-use items has been reduced, including man-made yarn, unbranded namkeen, stones used in flooring and diesel engine parts, among others.
He was addressing a public gathering in Dwarka after laying the foundation stone for a bridge between Okha and Bet Dwarka.
"When there is trust in a government and when policies are made with best intentions, it is natural for people to support us for the best interests of the nation," he said.
He further said that the common citizen of India wants the fruits of development to reach him or her, adding " Nobody wants their children to live in poverty. We want to help our people fulfil that dream and want to fight poverty."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a 2-day visit to Gujarat. He arrived in Jamnagar today morning.
First of all, PM Modi visited Dwarkadhish temple in Dwaraka and offered prayers.
Later, at Dwarka, Modi laid the foundation stone for four-lane cable-stayed signature bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka to be built at a cost of Rs 962.42 crore.
Gujarat: PM welcomed at the foundation stone laying ceremony of a bridge between Okha and Bet Dwarka; Union Min Nitin Gadkari also present. pic.twitter.com/cszsIB6AKQ
— ANI (@ANI) October 7, 2017
Other projects for which foundation stone will be laid include four-laning of 116.24 kms of Porbandar-Dwarka section of NH-51 and four-laning of 93.56 km of Gadu-Porbandar section of NH-51.
He will also address a public meeting there.
From Dwarka, the prime minister will go to Hirasar in Rajkot district where he will lay foundation stone for a greenfield airport, 20 kms from Rajkot city.
He will also lay foundation stone in Chotila for six- laning of 201-km Ahmedabad-Rajkot section of NH-47 at a cost of Rs 2,893 crore.
He will also dedicate a fully automatic milk processing and packaging plant and a drinking water distribution pipeline for Joravarnagar and Ratanpur area of Surendranagar, a PMO statement said in Delhi.
(With agency inputs)
