Letter to BS: IMF suggestions, not protectionism, will push $5-trn dream

This is a wider national cause and any buoyancy in the collections will benefit both the Centre and the states

Your editorial “Reviving economic growth” (December 25) highlights the suggestions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reviving the current abysmal rate of economic growth. Indeed, if we are serious about achieving the $5 trillion target we have to work on constructive suggestions made by the IMF. The goods and services tax (GST) has the primary objective to bring in all industry and trade into the tax net but political wrangling in the successive council meetings seems to have put this on the back burner while issues raised by different states and business sectors are coming centre stage. It is