Hyderabad, Sept. 5 -- Telangana BJP President N. Ramchander Rao today welcomed the GST Council's decision to simplify the tax system, calling it a major relief for the people ahead of the festive season.
He said the decision would help lower prices of food and essential items largely consumed by middle-class families.
Addressing a press conference at the state party office here, Rao described the decision as "historic" and said the GST reforms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's leadership were a "festival gift" to farmers, students, women, youth, and the middle class.
He said the 12 per cent and 28 per cent GST slabs had been abolished, with several essential items moved to the...