Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram has welcomed the Centre’s recent GST rationalisation and rate cuts but criticised the move as being “8 years too late”.

Death toll in Punjab has risen to 37, as the state witnessed the worst floods since 1988, officials said.

Nirmala Sitharaman announced GST rate cuts on several daily-use items, and hit out at the Congress, saying they failed to implement GST during their tenure.