Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

It is also alleged that states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat are facing fuel shortage crisis and private refineries are giving priority to export of fuel instead of selling it locally.

Various recommendations given to the GST Council by the Group of Finance Ministers of the State have been accepted. Among these recommendations were to make GST more rational and to eliminate GST exemption from many goods and services.

Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Mission, the economy is moving ahead strongly on the path of recovery from the crisis since the second half of the financial year 2020-21.

The finance minister spoke to Uday Shankar, CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Shankar of the Kotak Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Deb Mukherjee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, TR Parasuraman of the…