India signals flagship tax reform on track as timing questioned

FILE PHOTO: India’s Financial Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia answers a question during a news conference in New Delhi, India August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo

NEW DELHI: India’s government has signaled it would press ahead with the roll out of a goods and services tax (GST) on July 1, pushing back against speculation it’s consider delaying the launch of one of its flagship reforms.

“The rumours about GST implementation being delayed are false,” revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia (pic) said in a Twitter post yesterday. “Please do not be misled.”