Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu hailed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms approved by the GST Council as “pro-poor” and “growth-oriented”.

A BJP MLA in Karnataka is under fire over his disparaging remarks against a woman Superintendent of Police (SP), saying that she was acting like a pet dog of Congress leaders in Davanagere district.

The GST revamp that slashes tax rates on goods and services into a simplified two-slab structure addresses deeper structural changes, prioritising the “real drivers of the economy”, says Deloitte India.