Ahead of GST, Modi Sets a Wrong Precedent of Tweaking the System

One of the Prime Motives of the GST is to plug the loopholes in the Taxation Policy so that all the transactions are brought under Tax net. It is a form of Tax to avoid Tax Evasion using the loopholes in the system. But before blaming the people, Modi government itself is tweaking the system that too for the Special Sitting of GST Launch.

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MPs would not qualify for a sitting fee or a travel allowance for the special sitting, the government to reward them had called for emergency meetings of more than two dozen department-related standing committees and other panels of Parliament.

MPs can claim the full travel allowance to attend the committee meeting and for the ₹2,000 sitting allowance. The Centre’s program will begin at 11 pm on Friday and will go up to 12.15 am on Saturday. Some of the panels have not met in the past month.

The meetings are arranged with ‘No Agenda’ and almost all the meeting halls and smaller lecture halls in Parliament House, Annexe and Library buildings have been booked. Some panels are meeting in the Chairman’s chambers since they could not find any other space. Before preaching morals to the people, perhaps the lawmakers themselves should set an example