Shri Giriraj Singh

July 1, 2017 witnessed India’s boldest economic reform in decades. On that monsoon morning, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) replaced 17 different taxes and 13 cesses with a single unified framework, fundamentally reshaping the nation’s fiscal architecture. This wasn’t merely a tax reform, it was the beginning of India’s audacious journey towards One Nation, One Tax, One Market.

Eight years later, the transformation has been nothing short of extraordinary. Tax collections have tripled from ₹7.19 lakh crore in 2017-2018 to a record three-fold increase of ₹22.08 lakh crore in 2024-2025. The taxpayer base has doubled from 65 lakh to 1.5 crore, drawing lakhs of small enterprises into the formal economy. Building on this foundation, India has now entered the Next Gen GST Er

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