Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the wide-ranging reforms approved by the all-powerful Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council and called them the biggest decision since the Independence of India. Interacting with National Awardee Teachers at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi, the Prime Minister said GST has become simpler and called the reforms 'double dhamka' ahead of Diwali.
He said the GST reforms are a 'double dose' of support and growth for the country, adding that they have added five gems (panch ratna) - a simple tax system, improve quality of life, boost consumption and growth, ease of doing business and cooperative federalism - to the Indian economy.
