India, Sept. 4 -- Indian business leaders, including Radhika Gupta, Harsh Goenka and Anand Mahindra, have welcomed the GST Council's decision to move to a simplified two-rate structure of 5 per cent and 18 per cent from September 22.

Sharing her views on X, Radhika Gupta, MD and CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management, said, "Extremely progressive step at a very critical time that should help boost both demand and sentiment! When the world pushes us into a corner, we push ourselves to fight back harder."

Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group, echoed similar optimism. "We have now joined the battle. More and faster reforms are the surest way to unleash consumption and investment. Those, in turn, will expand the economy and amplify Ind...