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Ref. No.:  2241/1/45                                                                   02nd  June, 2017 Shri Arun Jaitley Hon'ble Minister for Finance, Defence & Corporate Affairs Government of India New Delhi Respected Shri Jaitley Ji, Re: Request for revisiting proposed GST tax structures on key item categories consistent with policy priorities  At the outset, please accept our commendations on pushing ahead with the Goods and Services Tax, a landmark taxation reform initiative in Independent India. We appreciate and support the Government’s policy push in this regard. However, to achieve the stated objectives of the Government of higher tax buoyancy, revenue neutrality, public health and a no post GST inflation scenario, we believe there are certain issues which require your urgent attention before GST is rolled out. These issues are critical to the survival and viability of not just the traders and the distributor community of India, who con

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