Overall public sentiment regarding the proposed GST reforms in India is overwhelmingly negative. Many individuals express skepticism about the government's intentions, fearing that any potential benefits from reduced GST rates will be offset by price hikes from businesses. The comments reveal a pervasive distrust of political motives, particularly concerns about election-related strategies and actual outcomes for the average citizen, which fuels frustration over ongoing economic challenges.

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Nirmala Sitharaman

If their birthday is after diwali. Then yes, you should probably wait.

Because the premium will increase if the age increases as they cross their birthday.

Anyways it should not be more than 18%. So you should probably wait.

honeybunny4fun

If you have chosen the policy buy right away. Companies keep increasing premiums due to inflation and you lockin current price for next 3 years.

Timeline for GST reduction is vague. If GST is reduced insurance companies lose their ITC, so they may increase premiums to compensate. 

Buying health insurance policy through EMI is a bit risky:

1. If for any reason EMI debit fails (including technical failure) then policy will be auto-cancelled.

2. If there is a claim then all EMIs are immediately payable (or will be adjusted against claim amount).

laid_back_1

There wont be any significant price cut. All the profits will be taken by company and nothing or very negligible price benefit will be passed to consumer. Remember the time when gst was implemented there were talks like this of price reduction but all of it went to company profit only. Dont hope much this is India.

Silodal

No_Seaweed6457

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I believe the government wants people to spend more. If you cut down the gst alongside the tax slabs then people will spend more than they ever have. Now the sensible ones would be smart enough to grow their wealth and all but the majority of the crowd would buy lavish things yet again on EMI. Either way I think it's a win-win situation for the government as well.

Naive_Enthusiasm7084

Is this coming from any named and official government sources? If not it’s just an attempt to get favour and distract from the negative publicity the government is getting

Unfair_Fact_8258

I hope the hotel rooms falls into the 5% from 12%.
So much savings in travel and accommodation.

United-Advantage-906

Benefit:- Lower taxes, more money in pocket, good for consumers and economy 

Potential loss:- they cut both income tax and GST so revenues shortfall ??? 

They prolly expect higher growth to cover up for it but still don’t want it to be financed with debt or something

Wooden-Albatross-304

Nice, GST got a makeover — fewer slabs, same headache, just with better packaging.

InevitableBasic752

It's "Proposed" GST council will reject it

Practical_Whole_1975

Yes, just like Gadkari launched a petrol alternative at half the price, as he had promised in 2018.

Safe-Mind-241

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ferrarifather7

His track record of 11 years says this is just one more pre-election jhumla nothing more..

They were the ones to reduce corporate tax while increasing gst rates, income tax and introducing ltcg and stcg and hundreds of order taxes and cess..

They are the ones to introduce higher and higher gst slabs in the name of uniformity, they could have reduced the rates instead..

In their term taxes collected from income taxes has far exceeded the corporate taxes..

And now after looting for all these years they are doing this as if he is doing a favour..

Serious-Arachnid-305

Classic wolf in sheep clothing trying to convince everyone that I am here to protect the sheeps.

When the reality will hit , we will have nothing to do , just accept as it is

ExaminationFail25

Bihar elections will be over by Diwali. Classic jumlebaaj being jumlebaaj

Ecstatic_Detail_6721

I have lost any hope from this government.

poshakajay

Double GST 🤪

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Royal_Assignment_284

Two probable reason 

1) To win Upcoming Elections 

2)  Economy is not performing well , hence the rate reduction ( Prolly) in order to boost consumption.( Might bring Insurance under 5 % GST.)

Helpful_Ant_3440

relax guys he wasn't talking to us, Ambanis, Adanis k liye tha.

Highmanshuo

18% uniform GST in all products to adjust for Trump tariff.

msaussieandmrravana

This is to change the Ethanol and Voter fraud topic lol

lonedrifterjk

Muje andaz apna apna ka woh dialog yaad aa raha hai!!!

Jab jab tu khush hua hai, mein dukhi hua hun. 


2016 mein tune bola: aaj raat bara baje se 500, 1000 ki note band hogi, corruption ghatega. Uske baad se chutte na hone ki wajah se 1000 ke badle 2000 hafton ka rate ho gaya

2017 mein tune Simplification ke naam pe GST aisa laagu kiya, ki ek hi Daal kaise packet mein bik Rahi hai uspe GST alag hai

2021 mein tune bola: Corona se ladne ke liye PMCARES fund mein done karo, Aaj tak uska paisa Kahan kharch kiya nahi jaan pay, kyuki tune use baadme Private Fund bataya

2025 mein mein meine saalo pai pai jama karke E20 compliant car kharidi tab tune khushi khushi E30 ka target declare karke mere car ko leke BP badha diya

Ab kya karne wala hai!!!

varun_t

EngineeringNo8467

Even he knows nothing is working. IT sector is in crisis, investors are wary of investing in capex because people don’t have enough to spend. 

Ultimately he has to reduce the GST burden to let people spend a little, would be a good start if he slashes fuel rates asap.

FloorAccomplished635

Domu_domulus

phoenix__70

We are going to China to make a deal. So to boost china sales so that deal sounds lucrative gst will be changed on select few

Freebies will increase. To increase freebies gobhermint will increases  tax.
Tax payers are a miniscule minorityTheir  main electorate is ladli bahin.

scc1729

In another #achedin ponzi scam... Babus / Netas and their cahoots got 1lakh crores to plunder... Rejoice...

https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/pm-viksit-bharat-rozgaar-yojana-pm-modi-announces-rs-1-lakh-crore-scheme-for-youth-in-independence-day-2025-speech/articleshow/123316089.cms

Sea-Gain958

PythonsLair

Man should just abdicate his post to someone else. He lost the plot a long time ago. I think around 2002

Qzartan

insurancepal

Oh shit… Diwali won’t be a celebration now

Smooth-Past9717

4alse

Can’t get anything right. So pretty sure will mess this up as well.

Hellobie

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My exact reaction☝🏽: Bus kar bhai aa gaye acche din!😭 Sorry tumse development manga! /s

Unhappy_Bread_2836

Dangerous_Secret5616

manicketh

Is the new tax regime tax rate reduction also a "scam"?

I truly do not understand indians man. There are systemic faults in each and every govt body since decades, but saying that GST's replacement of multiple taxes earlier, and the new IT regime tax rates slashes are bad is just unnecessary and false. 

And in case people start asking/using whataboutery, I pay a shit ton of taxes every year. So I only look at tax policies from a very objective viewpoint.

The major point here is to "actually" evaluate and have genuine opinions instead of criticising everything.

AR3399

High value purchase in local shops is still transacted in cash only

jyoswap

These GST reforms may look good for the market in theory, but they will not bring significant benefits for common people. This is because most corporates increase the actual product prices, so a reduction in GST does not really impact the total price of those products, either now or in the future. A similar situation happened in September 2016, when the government removed VAT and implemented GST. Even though items like food grains, pulses, rice, and milk were kept under zero GST, their prices did not decrease. This is nothing more than an eyewash for the common people.

Guilty-King-9047

What's the point lol, we still pay tax and when we lose jobs we are pretty much toast and on our own. Nothing is given to us for paying tax. Everything is reservation based. General merits are the most abused in this country. And on top of that u can't even enter politics and fight in this country ud never get a vote for doing the right things.

LeOkRaN

so increased income tax for middle class next so that business class can sleep peacefully

slowly_old

Who is he to give us gift!? Do we owe anything to him? The things a Government has to do for the well-being of its citizens are called as gifts these days

[deleted]

Vote chor is saying that I will do reform in other chori.

Is that safe or threat?

gagan1985

Get your lubes ready, boyz.  
Ensure that you use Coconut oil as lube with E20 mixing. We have to reduce our dependance on oil.

too_poor_to_emigrate

Sid_da_bomb

Electronic_Bar_5455

This government is for rich, historical elites. Abuse of ews in civil services, exams are apparent.

Thin-Theory-4805

Everyone pays gst without exemption for nation building, cheers 😂

GreenAbbreviations91

Madargod hai Asli yo, Chutiya Banayga Logo ka Or kuch ni, ab sab iski kahani samjh ane lagi hai, mene 12 hotel se 3 hotel par agya mai, is gandve ki wajah se, adani ambani ko behn ka lund sirr par chada rha h, chota businessman ki lagi hui hai

Tough_Might_4616

Just to divert people from the results by the end of August

No-Mixture5122

Ambani Adani ke shares pangu chl rhe hai, unke liye booster pack govt ka diwali tohfa

Comprehensive_Air185

Does this mean I should wait until after Diwali to buy a car?

sonoftheworld

Making fool to people Why waiting for Diwali because he turn 75 next month will resign as per his rule

Extreme_String_4942

Ethanol blending 27% tak laane jo vaale hai💀

kunjag

And Then 8 years extra collection , value around 15 lakhs will be returned to each citizen of india In their bank account.

DescriptionLumpy8576

more like hidden taxes which will be paid by the remaining 0.5% tax payers.

makecashworks

Be braced for higher gst for middle and high income folks. Btw milk also now comes under gst

Mindgrinder1

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BTqdJ5ulXS0
Indians after Diwali

mouthbreatherfan

FlickShot9

I’d be surprised if this government announces even one policy reform that favours the citizens.

geek-o-freak

Straight-Werewolf-29

Cant wait for this reform to be repealed in a year

nexusmadao

Why do I feel like pakistan is in for a nasty surprise? 🤣

Capitalist-Karl-

Never be prematurely happy by any decision until you read the fine print.  
It will shatter your hope disastrously and make you numb.

PandaTheAB

Actual pain is somewhere invisible which has forced to do something in support.

SongWooden9005

Who knows another demonetization because he didn’t like the color of Rs 10 notes, and wants them to be in yellow color. 

Yellow Yellow Dirty Fellow

Educate people for empowerment not spoil them with freebies. Middle class pay taxes of 50% and above just to complain collapsing bridges right after construction, unusable roads and you name it we have it. If compare now and 20 years ago our problems are still the same. We fight for our necessities while watching other large democracies grow unimaginable.

millennial_boy

Different-Side5335

SuspectZealousideal6

BeautifulRepair4711

Joe_Doesnt_ShareFood

Reliance wala gunda only in reverse style. Pehle jio free uske baad heavy charges. This is called a business strategy. Pehle high tax then revision and little bit lower them political strategy in. Both cases janta to nadi waali hai bann jaayegi bewakoof

anichd

javascript_you

I hope they won't push cars and bikes to 40% bracket

dprsd_dev

8 uears lokto fir kam karke bolo mani kam kiya

Distinct-Spell-5554

Another political gimmick. Always converts such events to a new scheme launching platform. Does this govt even plan anything properly. Why wasn't something like this related to Tax announced during the Finance Budget this year. Just keeps announcing new schemes without even evaluating the performance of previously announced schemes.

TRP9218

Just like how they removed income tax as per their promise, after coming to power in 2014.

BlueBoyTheLakeWalker

Idk why but wherever I see Modi picture on some text, I always read it as modiji is addressing the masses.


Mitron....

9oBrainer

ThickImpression1258

Create problems, solve them , call yourself vishwaguru

RookiePatty

vidhiagarwal78

Sandeep2991

A hero with the solutions to the problems he creates.

quadrocks

High tax , low education, broken roads , full courruption,no justice 
india is doomed

Hungry_Row_5980

GST are great. People in comments literally seems to have zero knowledge on how GST works. CA are very happy with less toil and this will reduce AC prices by 2k rupees.

ZAsunny

Who brought in this GST??? Modi only, fraud Modi

Status_Pudding1503

You're getting Bihar election promises during the Independence Day speech!

sidthefreak

If they deliver this it will be a huge boost. But promises have been shown many overcommitted and undelivered promises so we can only be cautious of what they come up with.

Few more highlights : 

*🇮🇳 PM Narendra Modi unveils next-gen #GST reforms on 79th #IndependenceDay: 10 points 👇*

1️⃣ GST, launched in 2017, hailed as a game-changing reform.

2️⃣ Centre proposes reforms on 3 pillars: structural changes, rate rationalisation &amp; ease of living.

3️⃣ Proposal sent to Group of Ministers (GoM) for review.

4️⃣ Structural reforms: Fix inverted duty structures, resolve classification issues, ensure rate stability.

5️⃣ Rate rationalisation: Lower taxes on essential &amp; aspirational goods, simplify slabs, remove compensation cess constraints.

6️⃣ Ease of living: Seamless registration, pre-filled returns, faster refunds.

7️⃣ Aim: Reduce disputes, boost business confidence &amp; promote domestic value addition.

8️⃣ Benefits targeted at common man, women, students, farmers &amp; middle class.

9️⃣ Centre pledges cooperative federalism, working with States for broad consensus.

🔟 Goal: Build a simple, stable, transparent GST supporting #InclusiveGrowth &amp; #EaseofDoingBusiness.

gprateek21

By a couple years, the 40% SIN tax slab will be re branded as the luxury items tax and AC, air purifiers and maybe vehicles above a certain CC will be added to it. After some backlash they will introduce a 30-35% slab and add those things there. I have seen this movie before.

casestudyonYT

5 18 and 40 and 3 and 0.25. And random taxes on petrol and aviation fuel on top of it. So no. Not 2 slabs.

Reader_Cat1994

One would be naive to think that overall taxes would come down.
Govt will never decrease their revenue, else how will they continue to increase their pie of corruption share.
In one way or another, individually the total amount of tax a person pays(direct+ indirect) would keep on increasing.
If tax decreases on one item, it would increase on another.

rc0903

Modi can try all he wants, but people are not getting distracted from vote manipulation and ethanol scams.

earthling011

Weak_Instruction869

Government is never going to decrease their total revenue, otherwise who will fund their ladli behna schemes? 
Gst council is made up 2/3rd with state representatives , they are not going to approve any proposal that reduces their revenue.

that's 5 slabs

  
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3

  
5

  
18

  
40

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