GST reform as a policy instrument to boost economic growth and competitiveness, advocated in a national policy speech.
Implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as a policy instrument to promote accelerated economic growth and competitiveness is presented in a policy speech by Dr. Vijay Kelkar, framing GST as a significant tax reform agenda and directing readers to the full text for detailed rationale and implementation considerations.

Goods and Services Tax draft to set legislation, rules and procedures, with stakeholder consultation before implementation.
The empowered group will finalise and publish a draft paper on the Goods and Services Tax within a month to enable implementation of the tax regime; the draft, prepared by a joint working group of Finance Ministry and state revenue officials, will address legislation, rules and procedures and will be followed by stakeholder consultations.