2019 Lok Sabha elections: Congress set to promise revamped GST in manifesto

Sources in party's manifesto panel say simpler tax structure with single rate will be key poll plank

The Congress party is set to promise a revamped goods and services tax, or GST, in its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls.

A Congress-led government at the Centre in 2019 would launch a compehensive redesign of the current architecture of the GST, party leaders said on Tuesday.

“The current design of the GST has defects, and is flawed to the extent that mere tinkering is not the solution. The Congress government at the Centre in 2019 will bring the next generation of GST,” Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, addressing a press conference at the party’s headquarters in New