Current GST regime is riddled with problems: Manpreet Singh Badal

Disappointed with the way goods and services tax (GST) has turned out to be three years down the line, Punjab Finance Minister MANPREET SINGH BADAL pressed for a complete overhaul of the federal indirect tax regime. He tells Dilasha Seth that in the absence of a vice-chairman in the Council from among the states, their agenda was not getting enough representation. Edited excerpts:

States were apprehensive about losing their autonomy to GST. What is your opinion three years down the line?

Before it was implemented I had said any GST is better than no GST. I genuinely believed in