New Delhi, April 20 -- In the middle of the ongoing general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the NDA government scrapped over 1,500 laws in the last five years to ease business operations in the country.
Slamming the Congress, he said before his government came in, Congress-led governments insulted traders and that the business community had to face "laws of jungle and jungle of laws".
On the Goods and Services Tax (GST), he said the new tax regime brought in transparency and revenue of states increased by one-and-a-half times. The number of registered traders rose twice after GST was introduced, he said.
The government has been addressing traders' concerns with GST Council meeting every two months and reviewing the ...