The minister, while explaining benefits of GST rationalisation, said the reduction on cement, farm equipment, small cars and daily essentials will translate into lower prices

Punjab’s most devastating floods since 1988, which have left at least 37 dead, have also made life even more difficult for an eight-year-old suffering from a kidney ailment, whose village has been badly hit.

The rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax is the “biggest reform since Independence,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today