Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu opined that the GST reforms introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will benefit all sections of people in the country and help to achieve double digit growth in the country. He said the GST reforms will boost the Indian economy to a tune of Rs 2 lakh crore.
Speaking on GST reforms in AP Legislative Assembly monsoon session, he said the GST reforms provided an opportunity to people to celebrate the coming Dasara, Diwali and other festivals in a true spirit with reduced prices of essential commodities with cut in GST. He said that he is going to form a cabinet subcommittee and prepare an action plan to take forward the GST reforms and to bring awareness among people.
He said that the GST reforms should be visualized and the opportunity should be utilized to achieve 15 per cent growth rate in Andhra Pradesh. Welcoming the GST reforms, the Chief Minister appealed to Ministers and MLAs to take lead to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing people friendly GST reforms through introducing a resolution in the Assembly session.
He also praised the efforts of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman for the next gen GST reforms. He said the GST awareness programme should be organized from September 22 to October 20 in the state. He said that he will always be in the forefront in introducing reforms either in technology or the economy.
CM Chandrababu said the cut in GST from 28 per cent to 12 per cent and from 18 per cent to 0 percent on some essential commodities indicates the Prime Minister’s commitment to protect the interests of common man. He said the GST reforms will benefit all the 140 crore people.
He said the bold reforms introduced by Narendra Modi will leave its impact on every household with reduced prices and at the same time win the confidence of business men with increase in business and increased purchasing power. He said the GST cut will pave way for growth in health, agricultural, dairy, education and several other sectors.
At the same time expressing concern over the absence of YCP MLAs for the Assembly session, the Chief Minister said that political parties should extend cooperation for the benefit of society. He deplored that the absence of YCP MLAs to welcome the GST reforms was unfortunate. MLAs should attend the Assembly session as it represents 5 crore people.
