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The move to observe GST Day, to commemorate the first anniversary of the tax legislation, is strange given the huge disturbance it has caused in the country notwithstanding claims to the contrary by the government’s managers. One year on, the GST is still regarded as draconian, exorbitant and unfriendly by the trading community as well as the general public. The government has not helped matters by making too many tweaks from time to time. Though it is a bit early to fathom the results of the implementation of the GST, one can say that there has been very little change for the common man. When the government claims to be netting crores every month, nothing much has been done on the ground to ameliorate the lot of the poor.
J. Anantha Padmanabhan,
Tiruchi