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Union minister Jitendra Singh visits Delhi's Azadpur market for shopkeepers' feedback on GST reforms
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....nion minister Jitendra Singh visits Delhi's Azadpur market for shopkeepers' feedback on GST reforms<BR>GST<BR>Dated:- 23-9-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) Union minister Jitendra Singh met traders at the Azadpur market here on Tuesday to discuss with them the benefits of the next-generation GST reforms introduced by the government. Accompanied by Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, the ....
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....Union minister of state for science and technology also fixed stickers on the shops, encouraging the shopkeepers to promote locally-produced items under the "swadeshi" concept. After meeting the traders, Singh told reporters that the recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms introduced by the BJP-led government have provided "substantial relief" to both shopkeepers and consumers. Sachdeva said....
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.... people have started celebrating even before the arrival of Diwali due to the new GST rates that directly benefit the consumers. The prices of daily-use products -- be it medicines, stationery, footwear or toys -- have decreased following the GST reforms, he added. Under the next-generation GST reforms, the tax structure will be simplified into two main slabs -- 5 per cent and 18 per cent. A 40-....
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....per cent tax will be levied on ultra-luxury items, while tobacco and related products will remain in the 28 per cent-plus-cess category. Previously, the GST was levied in four slabs -- 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent -- with a compensation cess applied to luxury items and demerit or sin goods. PTI VIT RC<BR> News - Press release - PIB....