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Is the GST Reform Pro-poor in India?

In: Managing Pandemic and Correcting Development Fundamentals

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  • Poulomi Roy

    (Jadavpur University)

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We find that the tax grouping of commodities under GST reform is largely poverty-reducing. The direction of the tax change is not always right. The design of the GST structure in India can be improved further. The intragroup analysis suggests that tax on pro-poor commodities like tea leaf, LPG, kerosene (non-PDS), toilet articles, spices, sugar, edible oil, etc., should be reduced further. Again, alcohol, electricity, jewellery made of gold, silver, precious stones, coffee, coffee powder, and cigarettes should be taxed at a higher rate.

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  • Poulomi Roy, 2023. "Is the GST Reform Pro-poor in India?," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Ajitava Raychaudhuri & Arpita Ghose (ed.), Managing Pandemic and Correcting Development Fundamentals, pages 189-239, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-19-8680-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8680-2_10
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