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Congress to raise GST rate structure, compliance issues
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Congress will raise issues of complication of compliance, bringing down rate structure of the GST and GST Network issues in the next GST Council meeting, scheduled for November 9-10 in Guwahati.
The party said it was hopeful that the GST Council would look into these recommendations seriously and also lower the GST rates.
Asked about the specific demand of the Congress that it would raise in the GST Council meeting, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said: “We would raise the issue of problems of compliance with small and medium enterprises and single unit people and job workers.
“They have been brought under the tax net. As they were previously exempted, they should be exempted. Compliance issues are huge.”
Secondly, it would be about the rate structure of the GST to see if the rates could be brought down, Badal said.
“Third, of course is the GST Network which is crashing every other minute. Even the Suvidha Centre takes two hours to file a return. There are many issues but these are three specific ones which we will be raising,” said Badal, who is also a member of the GST Council.
He said that they were also looking for exemption for job workers in the cycle industry, textiles, leather industry, and gems and jewellery industry.
To a question whether these issues were raised earlier too, Badal said: “I must say that there was a certain amount of arrogance with the government when we had made these demands in Hyderabad and subsequent meetings.
“But ever since Yashwant Sinha’s letter has become public and there is a groundswell of opinion against the present form of GST, they are a lot more amenable now to our suggestions,” he added.
In a meeting on GST, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with P. Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh and finance ministers of the Congress-ruled states, examined the “mess created by Modi government on account of inherent flaws in the design, architecture and rates of the GST”.
“If compliance for small manufacturers, micro and small industries and people with small turnovers is not possible, it just won’t happen,” said Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala.
“The net consequence is that you are charging the consumer higher taxes without the consumer knowing it. They are going to raise the issue of distinction in taxation architecture first, see how compliances can be sorted out,” he added.
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Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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