印度工商联合会：商品及服务税是莫迪政府最大的成就

GST to be biggest achievement of Modi govt: ASSOCHAM

Goods and Services Tax (GST) which is near a roll-out would be the biggest achievement on economic front of the Narendra Modi government, ASSOCHAM, one of the apex trade associations of India, has said. Financial inclusion, digitisation, and public investment on infrastructure like railways and power are other steps for structural changes in the economy.

Benign inflation, both at the retail and wholesale levels, is among the other positives for the nearly three-year old government, ASSOCHAM noted based on a perception among its members. “As the price rise remained within the target of four per cent, set by the Reserve Bank of India, the central bank has also been able to keep the interest rates low, though the credit off-take in the private sector still remains a challenge,” the trade body said.

“The implementation of GST in the next few weeks would cap other major initiatives of the government. The focus on improving ease of doing business through measures like GST and other taxation reforms has also been noted as one of the major achievements of the NDA government,” said chamber president Sandeep Jajodia.

Clean-up of the subsidy disbursal is yet another big plus of the government, which is pursuing linkages of Aadhar ID with every bank account holder, ASSOCHAM said.

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印度工商联合会：商品及服务税是莫迪政府最大的成就

最近推出的商品及服务税(GST)将是莫迪政府在经济方面最大的成就，印度顶尖贸易协会——印度工商联合会声称。金融包容性、数字化，以及对如铁路和电力等基础设施的公共投资，是经济结构调整的其他措施。

在零售和批发水平上，温和的通货膨胀是近三年来政府的另一个积极因素，印度工商联合会在其成员的看法中指出。该贸易协会表示：“由于印度央行设定的价格涨幅仍在4%的目标之内，央行也能够保持低利率，尽管私有部门的信贷承购仍是一个挑战。”

未来几周，商品及服务税的实施将胜于政府的其他主要举措。重点通过商品及服务税和其他税收改革措施来改善营商环境，也被认为是莫迪政府的主要成就之一，商会主席Sandeep Jajodia说。

印度工商联合会说，对补贴支出的清理是政府的又一大优势，政府正在寻求与每个银行账户持有人的Aadhar ID的联系。