PM Modi indicates Budget 2018 may not be populist, open to more changes in GST

The PM also rejected criticism of providing jobless growth, saying "lies" were being spread about employment generation

With barely 10 days for the presentation of the fifth and final Budget of the current term of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indicated it might not be populist.

In an interview to the Times Now television channel, telecast on Sunday evening, the PM said he was open to more changes in the goods and services tax (GST). Its implementation was a collective exercise involving ruling and opposition parties; he accused those having termed it a ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ of “insulting" Parliament.

The PM also rejected criticism of providing jobless growth, saying "lies" were being spread about employment