GST 2.0: To reduce the tax burden on people, the government has cut GST rates. Due to this, the prices of things and services of most important and daily use have been reduced. But many reports have revealed that shopkeepers and e-commerce stores have not yet reduced the prices of these items. The difference between tax deduction and prices being charged by shopkeepers is increasing concern whether GST cuts are really benefiting to consumers.

Government issued helpline number

There has been a flood of complaints against shops and online stores on behalf of people. Consumers say that the impact of GST rate cuts is not visible on their pockets. On this, the government had to take immediate steps so that the buyers can get relief in the true sense.

The government has made consumers aware that if they feel that they are being overcharged, then they can easily lodge a complaint.

How to complain?

Toll-free number: 1915

WhatsApp Number: 8800001915

Online Portal: Ingram (Integrated Grievance Settlement System)

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has made it clear that consumers can file a complaint by calling or WhatsApp messages on National Consumer Helpline (NC).

Big improvement in GST

To simplify GST rates, the government has now decided to place only 2 slabs (5% and 18%) in place of 4 slabs. These reforms have reduced the prices of 99% of daily use items. The government said that it is constantly monitoring the pricing and many companies have also announced to reduce the price and reduce the price so that it can benefit the consumers.

If GST deduction does not get the benefit, then it is your right to complain against it and it is your responsibility as a consumer.

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Today (Monday), new GST rates have been implemented in the country. The government has given great relief to the common people. Due to this, things used to be used daily have become cheaper. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave his response to this on Monday (September 22, 2025) when the new GST new rates were implemented. CM Nitish has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wrote with his X handle, “Today, new rates of GST (Goods and Services Tax) are being implemented across the country from the first day of Navratri. Now two main slabs of GST will be 5 percent and 18 percent. To improve the rates of GST, I will benefit from the people of Bihar, Shri Narendra Modi, from the people of Bihar, I will benefit from this improvement.”

‘Things will be cheap … special relief to people’

Nitish Kumar said, “For the common man, their daily use things will be cheap and they will have to spend less to buy items needed. With the implementation of these new GST rates, the GROSS Domestic Product of the country will increase and people of all classes, especially the lower and middle class, will get special relief.”

Finally he wrote, “GST reforms under the visionary leadership of the Honorable Prime Minister have brought happiness for every family. Thank you and gratitude to the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for this.”

On GST 2.0, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, “GST 2.0 is not just a tax reform under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister, but it is a resolve to give a new direction to India’s economy. GST has given a common platform to everyone from small traders to big industries, raised investment and made the country a reliable partner of global economy.”

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Goods and service tax: Many important changes were implemented in the recent meeting of GST Council. This has made the tax system much easier, transparent than ever. Many things are also expected to become cheap with GST reforms. Let us tell you that France is the first country in the world, where GST was first implemented in 1954. Today it is applicable in more than 160 countries of the world. It was implemented in India in the year 2017.

GST proposal was kept in the year 2000

In the beginning of 2000, the first proposal for GST was presented. Atal Vihari Bajpai was the Prime Minister of the country at that time. A committee was formed under his supervision, which was given the responsibility of preparing the blueprint of GST. After this, there was a long discussion on this for about 16-17 years. In 2016, Parliament passed it. Then the GST Council was formed. Finally, July 1, 2017, it was implemented across the country. During that time it was named ‘One Nation, One Tax’.

Why GST came into force in India and its benefits?

Its purpose was to replace many indirect taxes like VAT, service tax, excise duty with unified tax system. At the same time, reduce tax burden on consumers and to make the tax system easier. The implementation of GST in the country was the biggest improvement in the tax system since independence. Earlier Four Tier- 5 percent, 12 percent, 18 percent, 28 percent was the tax structure, which has been reduced to two-tier-5 percent and 18 percent after the recent GST improvement.

Overall, the purpose of lowering GST was to implement a unified tax by getting rid of the people of the country from many different taxes. This made the business easier due to the implementation of the same rule in the whole country. Since this digital based is an online tax system, tax evasion was also banned due to being more transparent. This also increased the government’s earnings.

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GST 2.0: After the announcement of Goods and Services Tax i.e. GST reform and change in new tax slabs on behalf of the Central Government, it was expressed by the state governments that its revenue will be affected. The Center also admitted that the financial burden on the government may increase after the GST reform. But according to a report, there is no additional financial impact on any kind of government with GST reform.

Government will not be burdened

According to rating agency Crisil, the changes made in the recent GST rates will not cause any fiscal burden on the government. On Friday, the rating agency said in a report that due to the reduction in GST rate by the government, a net loss of about Rs 48,000 crore is estimated to be around Rs 48,000 crore, while in the financial year 2024-25 the total GST collection had increased to Rs 10.6 lakh crore.

This report further stated that this revenue loss is not very high in proportion to the total GST collection. It is worth noting that the GST Council has recently changed the tax structure and decided to keep it in two slabs of 5 percent and 18 percent. This amendment of GST reform will become effective from September 22 and after that the prices of many products and services will decrease.

Strong tax collection

According to the Crisil report, rationalizing GST rates will be able to bring more Goods and Services under the formal tax realm, which will strengthen tax collection in the medium period. Earlier 70-75% GST revenue used to come from 18% slab, while 12% slab used to get only 5-6% and 13-15% revenue from 28% slab. According to the report, there will be no significant loss to revenue due to reduced tax on goods included in 12% slab.

At the same time, rates on fast growing services like mobile fee are the same. Whereas new services like e-commerce delivery have been incorporated into the GST slab and taxed at the rate of 18%. Crisil said that tax cuts will increase the actual income of consumers, which can encourage both demand and GST collection. However, it will depend on to what extent producers deliver the benefit of change in tax to consumers.

The new GST reform of Goods and Services Tax is also going to affect cricket. It will now be expensive for fans to watch IPL matches by going to the stadium. It was decided to increase GST on IPL ticket on Wednesday, September 3 under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Its effect will be seen in IPL 2026. Let us tell you how much the ticket price will increase? Now how much tax will be on them.

How much GST will be on IPL ticket?

In the GST Council meeting held on Wednesday, it has been decided to impose 40 percent GST on the Indian Premier League tickets. Please tell that till now it was 28 percent. That is, 12 percent GST has been increased on IPL matches tickets. This will affect the pocket of cricket fans.

Suppose you buy a ticket for IPL and its price has been fixed at Rs 1000. If GST used to take 28 percent on this, then according to that you had to pay a total of 1280 rupees for this, but now according to the new rates you have to pay 1400 rupees for it. Meaning now fans will have to pay 120 rupees more. In this way, if the ticket price is Rs 2000, then GST will be Rs 800 and the total price will be Rs 2800.

Its effect will be seen during IPL 2026. If the organizers did not give any relief in ticket prices or increase it, then there may be a shortage of fans in the stadium. Cricket is worshiped in India and cricket lovers celebrate IPL like a festival. It has been seen that during the IPL, there is an increased demand for tickets in every match. Now it will be interesting to see whether after the new GST rates will remain the same for the ticket or not.

GST will also increase on international cricket matches ticket?

No. GST has not been increased on the ticket of recognized tournament. For national or international level games, GST will not be imposed on tickets of Rs 500, while only 18 percent GST will be applicable on tickets of more than this.

Before Diwali, the government has announced a change in GST rates, giving great relief. The new rates will be implemented from September 22 and people will have to pay low prices from soap-shampoo to milk curd and AC-TV to cars. Next week Apple is going to launch its iPhone 17 series. In such a situation, some people may feel that they will not have to put much emphasis on their pockets to buy a new iPhone. Let us know if this is really going to happen.

IPhone prices will not be affected

The official prices of Apple iPhone 17 Series have not been announced yet. According to some reports, the initial price of this series in India can be Rs 84,499. Changes in GST rates will not affect these prices. The reason for this is that smartphones are in the 18 percent tax slab. Earlier, 18 percent GST used to be levied on them and still have to pay the same tax. There has been no change in the GST on the smartphone. In such a situation, customers will have to pay the same tax as earlier for the iPhone as well as all the smartphones. Because of this, mobile prices have not been cut like smart TV and AC.

Demand was made from the government

The India Cellular and Electronics Association (Icea) had demanded the government to bring the smartphone into a 5 percent slab. He said that the phones have now become a need and Digital India has an important tool. Before the arrival of GST, most of the states used to keep mobile phones in the category of essential goods. At present, the government has not accepted this demand. Let us know that at the beginning of GST, there was a 12 percent tax on the smartphone, which was increased to 18 percent in 2020.

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The government has made huge changes in the rates of GST. Due to this, the price ranging from household use to electronics items is going to be a huge decrease. The new rates will be applicable from September 22 and people will be able to take advantage of the low prices while shopping for Diwali. This decision has reduced the prices of smart TV, AC and dishwasher etc. There is also a question in the minds of many people that now the smartphones of other companies including Apple and Samsung will be cheap? Let’s know the answer to this question.

Will smartphone prices decrease?

People looking for smartphones being cheap will be some timely disappointment. The latest decision of the government has not affected the prices of mobile phones. Earlier, 18 percent GST used to be on the smartphone and it will still continue. Due to this, the prices of smartphones will not be reduced at the moment. However, it was already being speculated that customers are not going to get any relief on smartphone prices.

Why didn’t the smartphones become cheap?

According to media reports, sources associated with the industry already expected that the price of the smartphone would not be reduced. He says that if there was any discussion about 12 percent slab, there would have been a little hope, but now the bottom slab is 5 percent from 18 percent. In such a situation, it was difficult to bring the smartphone into this slab. However, the India Cellular and Electronics Association had demanded the government to keep the smartphone in a 5 percent slab. He said that the phones have now become a need and Digital India has an important tool. Before the arrival of GST, most of the states used to keep mobile phones in the category of essential goods. Let us know that at the beginning of GST, there was a 12 percent tax on the smartphone, which was increased to 18 percent in 2020.

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GST couricil meeting: The two -day meeting of the GST Council is going to be held from Wednesday. The country and the world have a special eye on this meeting being held ahead of time. Because after the announcement of PM Modi of GST Reform, steps will be taken in that direction. In this, ambitious changes in Goods and Services Tax (GST) may be considered to reduce tax on daily use items.

The GST reform will be taken during the meeting of this GST Council under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In the proposed reforms, the current 12% and 28% tax slabs are prominent to keep two tax rates of only 5% and 18%. Apart from this, a special rate of 40% will be done on a few selected items.

Why GST Council is important

The tax slab cut and the decrease in prices due to this has been commonly welcomed. But the states ruled by opposition parties are demanding compensation for the loss in revenue due to this change.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Independence Day speech on 15 August told about the plan of GST reforms. Soon after, the Central Government shared a blueprint for the proposed improvement with a group of ministers (GOM) of various states for initial review.

GOM has agreed to the proposal of the center to reduce tax rates. The council will consider these recommendations on 3-4 September.

The news agency PTI quoted sources as saying that the Group of Ministers has supported the imposition of 18% GST on an electric vehicle priced up to Rs 40 lakh, while agreeing hard to the changes in the slabs. However, the central government wants to encourage electric vehicles and is supporting 5% rate for them.

What can be big changes

• Ghee, dry fruits, 20 liters of drinking water, salty, some shoes and costumes, medicines and medical equipment are likely to be reduced from 12% to 5% tax slab.

• Objects like pencils, bicycles, umbrellas and hair pin can also be brought into 5% slab.

• Taxes on electronic goods like TV, washing machine and refrigerator can be reduced from 28% to 18%.

• At present, the highest rate and compensation cess of 28% is applicable to vehicles. 18% rate will be applicable to early level cars. At the same time, a special rate of 40% will be applicable on SUVs and luxury cars.

• A special rate of 40% will also be applicable to the objects like tobacco, paan masala and cigarettes. Additional tax can also be levied on this category on this category.

Opposition states like West Bengal have demanded that any tax imposed above the rate of 40% be shared with the states. So that their revenue deficit can be compensated. Eight states ruled by opposition parties include Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal.

GST collection: In the midst of the announcement of GST Reform, this is the news for India, which was eagerly waiting. Due to this, US President Donald Trump, who imposed 50 percent high tariff over India, is sure to get chilly. The gross GST collection increased by 6.5 percent to more than Rs 1.86 lakh crore due to high domestic revenue. This information was received from the official data released on Monday. The GDP and Services Tax (GST) collection was Rs 1.75 lakh crore in August 2024. The collection was Rs 1.96 lakh crore last month. In August this year, gross domestic revenue increased by 9.6 percent to Rs 1.37 lakh crore, while the import tax declined by 1.2 percent to Rs 49,354 crore. The GST refund declined by 20 percent to Rs 19,359 crore on an annual basis. Pure GST revenue stood at Rs 1.67 lakh crore in August 2025, which is a 10.7 percent increase on an annual basis.

These figures were released just two days before the meeting of the GST Council of the Center and the states. In this meeting, discussions will be made to rationalize the rates and reduce the number of tax slabs.

Big benefits of GST reform

The long -term success of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) depends on how it adopts a single nationwide tax rate and adopting two tax rates of five and 18 percent in the proposed GST reform can be a step taken in that direction. This assessment has been introduced in a report.

The report released on Monday by the idea group Think Change Forum says that even though the rate of 40 percent has been determined for luxury and harmful products in the proposed reforms, doing so will open the path of expansion of rates and affect the purpose of simplifying the tax system. According to the report, the maximum indirect tax rate should be limited to 18 percent including cess. By doing this, the discrepancy such as the fee structure will be removed, illegal markets will be curbed, the burden of controversy and compliance will be reduced and the credibility of the GST system will be restored.

The possibilities of a two-day tax system of five and 18 percent will be considered in the meeting of the GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 3-four September. The council consists of Finance Minister of all states and union territories and representatives of the Central Government. In this meeting, recommendations made by groups of ministers (GOMs) will also be considered. These ministers are relating to genuine tax rates, compensation cess and discount on health and life insurance premiums.

The report also states that cutting tax rates is not a decrease in revenue collection, but a part of the growth strategy. This is possible to increase consumption, better compliance and long -term increase in revenue collection, which will strengthen India’s goal of becoming a developed economy. Recommending to ensure transparency in the context of cess and overloads on luxury and harmful products, the report proposes to create a cessmore manual, which will clarify the process of levying, adjusting or abolishing cess.

Learn from old mistakes in GST 2.0

The report says that alternative measures of indirect tax revenue, such as levying taxes at maximum retail price or giving insurance from GST without input tax credit, distort the original form of this tax system and puts hidden burden on consumers.

The General Secretary of the Think Change Forum Ranganath Tea released the report saying, “GST reforms should be implemented not only symbolic, but also in public interest. A solid initiative is necessary towards transparency and estimation.” The author of the report and Professor Nilanjan Banik at the University of Mahindra said, “The old mistakes should not be repeated in GST 2.0. Today, two rates and tomorrow are only one rate of real improvement. This will ensure better compliance, low deformity and permanent revenue growth.”

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Next gen gst reforms: PM Modi made a big announcement of GST reform in his speech from the Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day. It is expected to be implemented across the country before Diwali in the festive season to speed up the economy amidst a shock from American tariffs. Its purpose is to improve tax structure as well as reduce the tax burden on businessmen and people.

PM Modi has also indicated in his speech that tax and prices will be cut from above everyday needs. At present, GST has five slabs, of which 0 percent, 5 percent, 12 percent, 18 percent and maximum 28 percent. But the government now wants to bring it into only 2 slabs. While the cess can be eliminated from above the salmon. This will provide considerable relief to local sellers, MMMEs and consumers.

PTI has quoted government sources as saying that 90 percent of the 28 percent of the slabs will be brought inside the slab of 18 percent. Whereas all 12 percent GST will be shifted to 5 percent.

These things will increase the price

While the government wants to keep two slabs of GST, it wants to increase the rates of GST to 40 percent on luxury and harmful goods. These will include Paan Pashla, cigarette, tobacco, luxury car, SUP and online gaming.

The Indian Express has quoted sources as saying that keeping in mind the social values, the revenue department has made category for harmful and luxurious goods, online gaming is fit in it.

What should happen cheap

1- The products and services on which 12 percent GST charge is currently charged, after going within 5 percent, many essential items such as medicines, processed food and some dairy products as well as hotel rooms and some construction items will be cheaper.
2- The items and services that are charged 28 percent GST, the things that will be cheaper by bringing them under 18 percent include air conditioners, refrigerators and cement. GST cuts are also expected to be cut on the insurance sector.
3- Bringing 28 percent GST within 18 percent will benefit the four-wheelers with a four-wheel vehicles with an engine less than 1200 cc and a two-wheeler less than 500 cc. It is believed that the sale of Maruti Suzuki and Hero Motor Corp may increase further in the coming days.

Significantly, on 1 July 2017 in India, GST was implemented in five slabs for the first time. In this, a tax system was implemented across the country, including all the state governments and tax and central tax.

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