Government spent more than Rs 100 crore on advertisement for GST

An amount of Rs 132.38 crore was spent by the government on advertisements for GST (goods and services tax) on print media, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in a reply to a RTI query. The government spent more than five crores on advertisements with outdoor media. The government had also roped in Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador to promote GST and inform peo…