India on Saturday at midnight launched its biggest ever tax reform- the Goods and Service Tax. President Pranab Mukherjee along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rolled out the GST in a special function held at the historic Parliament Central Hall.
Just before formally launching India's centralised tax model, President Mukhejee addressed a special fuction in the Parliament organised to launch GST.
During the address, the President said that the introduction of GST is a momentous event for the nation. It was also a moment of some satisfaction for him because, as the Finance Minister, he had introduced the Constitution Amendment Bill on 22nd March 2011.
FM Jaitley also addressed the midnight launch event of the GST in the Central Hall of Parliament and said that rollout of the GST will ease inflation, make tax avoidance difficult and boost GDP growth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the historic tax as 'Good and Simple Tax'.
Apart from them, other ministers, top leaders, celebrities and industrialists also marked the launch of this new tax regime.
Here we bring you some glimpses of those historical moments.
President Pranab Mukhejee addressing a special fuction in the Parliament organised to launch historical Goods and Services Tax
Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the Goods and Services tax at the historic Parliament Central Hall.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed the midnight launch programme and said the implementation of the landmark unified tax should be seen as the beginning of a new journey that will expand the country’s economic horizon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Mukherjee, and FM Arun Jaitley gathered with Vice President Hamid Ansari, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Union Minister Ananth Kumar at the Parliament Central Hall.
Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel leaving Parliament after launch of historical Goods and Services tax.
