Prime Minister Modi convened a high-level meeting to outline 'next-generation reforms,' including GST revisions, aiming to ease living and boost business. Following his Independence Day promise of a 'Diwali gift' of lighter taxes, the Centre proposed simplifying GST with two primary tax slabs.
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