GST training set to be the coolest thing this summer

Govt goes on an overdrive to make MPs, MLAs, traders tax-educated

This will be a summer of training not only for businesses but also for politicians. So, members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies (MPs and MLAs) with holiday plans to beaches and hills may instead have to spend time learning the finer points of the goods and services tax (GST) set for the July roll-out. 

The Narendra Modi government is going all out to spread awareness about the new indirect tax regime, and training and MPs as well as MLAs is being seen as a necessary first step. The objective is to convey to the masses, through every intermediary possible, that