<h1>GST reform simplified to two tax slabs and wider exemptions, reducing costs and supporting local businesses and consumers nationwide.</h1> The document highlights a policy package combining GST reform - simplified into two slabs with several items tax-free to lower costs for consumers and businesses - alongside centrally and state-funded infrastructure initiatives including jointly developed hydropower projects to increase generation capacity, improve local power supply and create employment, and targeted rural connectivity programmes aimed at integrating remote areas into broader markets and services.