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Friday, December 19, 2025
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Topic: GST

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response as plea questions exclusion of visually impaired from vehicle GST relief

Currently, this benefit is only extended to persons with orthopaedic physical disabilities having a benchmark disability of 40 percent or more.

For Modi govt’s ill-thought-out policies, civil servants haven’t been blamed enough

Modi’s ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’ slogan was meant to reduce bureaucratic discretion. Unfortunately, the reality has been the opposite.

Not all food inflation coming from bad place, says RBI Monetary Policy Committee’s Ram Singh

RBI Monetary Policy Committee member Ram Singh says Budget 2025 provides opportunity for govt to show it is doing its part to address growth-inflation dynamics.

Dashing through the snow, in a freebie-laden sleigh & packaged food for thought

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

How she likes her popcorn: Fresh, hot & taxed

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Watch CutTheClutter: Popcorn & the bureaucratic entanglements of GST

In Episode 1578 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta discusses why simplifying GST is crucial to reforms in India's tax system.

Time to break out the (caramelised) popcorn

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

GST is boomeranging on the idea; it’s encouraging evasion by taxmen

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

‘1,285 cr’ fraud unearthed by Delhi CGST Dept, accused sold Apple electronic products

Arrested accused Kapil Arora made sales of Rs 1,285 cr worth of iPhones & laptops between 2018-19 and 2024-25 but showed tax authorities sales of Rs 22 crore, say Delhi authorities.

On Camera

What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.