Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Monday said that the GST rollout has been “hassle-free” and “smooth.” Since Monday marks the first working day after the “biggest tax reform” in the country became applicable, we had tons of questions about it. That’s why we decided to call up the GST help desk.
The Goods and Services Tax was implemented with a lot of gusto at midnight on 30 June. But have the traders accepted the new taxation system? The Quint went to Old Delhi’s busiest wholesale spice market Khari Baoli with tax expert Sharad Kohli to find out how the GST has impacted traders. Although people believe that the GST will have an overall positive impact, many businessmen are still confused about what category will a specific item fall under.
In a re-run of the Dana Majhi incident, the uncle of a seven-month-old girl, who died during treatment at the district hospital in Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh), had to carry her body on a bicycle as his plea for an ambulance fell on deaf ears. The incident, which took place on Monday, prompted the authorities to lodge an FIR against the doctor on duty and the driver of the ambulance on Tuesday. The hospital too has launched an inquiry in this regard.
