What is holding up the Goods and Services Tax?

Passage of the long-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India continues to be delayed by major issues ranging from disagreements over the tax rate itself to which items will be covered. Given this, the Finance Ministry’s hopes of introducing the GST by April 2016 are now all but over. What’s more, even implementation by April 2017 looks optimistic.

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