New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Central and state governments will retain the current framework of the indirect tax system and maintain the existing goods and services (GST) tax rates as they assess the impact of recent reforms on revenue collection growth before introducing further rate revisions or structural changes such as subsuming petroleum products, according to two people aware of internal discussions.

Nurturing Centre-state fiscal relations and stepping up revenue buoyancy through process efficiency will remain the focus of policymakers in the near future, one person said.

The central government will monitor revenue collection trends of the states in view of the concerns expressed during the GST reform deliberations last month by ministe...