Vocal for local initiative is not xenophobic, says BJP's Sanju Verma

Big bang reforms have been the norm under Modi government, writes Sanju Verma

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand—Colin Powell

This quote in many ways exemplifies the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chose to bring in the biggest indirect tax reform in post-Independent India by implementing the goods and services tax (GST) in his first term. Consumers got an annual benefit of Rs 1 trillion due to GST in 2018-19. With a compliance rate of over 70 per cent, with over 13 million GST filings, suffice to say that GST has succeeded in its endeavour