They called the process "undemocratic, unpleasant, unfortunate and non-egalitarian"
GST Council will also weigh options of raising the government's stake in the IT body to 51% from the current 49%
Being on the anvil for decades, the GST transition phase should have been designed for far less complexity and for shorter duration
The earlier system was a myriad of central and state taxes where the movement of goods was slowed down by products being taxed multiple times
Daily-use products like toiletries and furniture have become cheaper with the revised GST rates.