India, Dec. 25 -- At the Bengal Business Conclave, Mamata Banerjee expressed deep concern about the current state of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system, which she believes is harming small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). She reflected on the advice she had received to support the implementation of GST, an idea that once seemed promising.

In a recent post on X, Dr. Amit Mitra, Principal Chief Advisor to the West Bengal Chief Minister, with the rank of a Cabinet Minister, elaborated on his role in shaping Mamata Banerjee's support for GST. He shared, "In 2009, I had drawn her attention to how MSMEs were suffocating under the weight of 17 different taxes in the VAT regime, including Central Excise, Excise on Textiles, CVD, Servic...