New Delhi, March 24 -- The Opposition in the Lok Sabha on Monday alleged that the government is burdening the common man with high Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates and claimed that thousands of people are leaving the country due to the heavy tax load.
Initiating the discussion on the Finance Bill, 2025, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the common man is financing the government through indirect taxes, "most notoriously" the GST.
He said that instead of a good tax that the country wanted, India has multiple and confusing GST rates, including the highest GST rates in the world of 28 percent. Adding that, the system carries the dubious burden of being the complex tax in the world.
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