The time has come for GST 2.0, says Manpreet Singh Badal

NEW DELHI : Manpreet Singh Badal, Punjab’s minister for finance, planning and programme implementation and a senior leader of the Congress party, is worried about the state’s ability to pay salaries and bills due to a delay in getting Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation from the Union government. The slippage in tax receipts amid an economic downturn is increasingly becoming a point of frict…