Elections 2019: Congress to bring in single GST rate if voted to power

India’s main opposition—the Indian National Congress—will scrap the current structure of goods and services tax and adopt a single GST rate if it wins Lok Sabha Elections 2019, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, will pledge in its manifesto to merge five different GST rates into one pegged at 18% as it prepares for polls slated to run f…