BS-Seema Nazareth Award: NK Singh calls for Parliament, GST, health reforms

Finance Commission Chairman shares his vision to make the economy deliver over next 30 years

N K Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, on Thursday called for reforms in the functioning of Parliament as well as in agriculture, goods and services tax (GST) and health to make the economy more effic­ient and inclusive over the next 30 years. He also stressed on the modernisation of defence forces, revisiting Centre-state relations and addressing the issue of climate change.
 
Delivering a lecture titled “Thirty Years of Economic Reforms: Past, Present and Future” at the Business Standard Seema Nazareth Award for Excellence in Journalism for 2020, Singh made a case for a fundamental review of GST