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The Great Stimulus: Will GST rate cut spur a consumption boom?
From income tax cuts to the new I-T act, and now reforms in the Goods and Services Tax, the Centre has implemented a series of reforms over the past six months to push consumption. Will domestic consumption offset the tariff headwinds?

2025-09-28

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