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Arbind Modi

Arbind Modi

The author is affiliated with Pune International Centre and XKDR Forum

The author is affiliated with Pune International Centre and XKDR Forum

Arbind Modi

GST needs a consumption-based overhaul, not piecemeal refund reforms

GST reforms must ensure immediate input-tax credits and refunds for businesses to reduce production costs, encourage investment and prevent tax cascading, argue Arbind Modi and Ajay Shah.

GST needs a consumption-based overhaul, not piecemeal refund reforms
Updated On : 08 Nov 2026 | 7:30 PM IST

Everyone loves a good GST: Politicians understand the flaws in system

India's GST needs urgent reform as structural flaws-multiple rates, exemptions, and broken credit chains-continue to hurt growth, investment, and exports

Everyone loves a good GST: Politicians understand the flaws in system
Updated On : 12 Apr 2026 | 11:03 PM IST

GST without a seamless input tax credit system fails its core principles

We are losing touch with the soul of the indirect tax

GST without a seamless input tax credit system fails its core principles
Updated On : 28 Sep 2025 | 9:59 PM IST

Building a better GST: New reforms mark progress, but more is needed

The call for a single rate correctly identifies this multiplicity as a central problem

Building a better GST: New reforms mark progress, but more is needed
Updated On : 17 Aug 2025 | 11:03 PM IST

Arbind Modi & Arvind Subramanian: 'Make in India' not by protecting but by eliminating negative protectionism

In part four of a series, the author explain how scrapping the exemptions for the countervailing duty will eliminate the negative protection facing Indian manufacturers

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Updated On : 01 May 2015 | 9:46 PM IST