The Impact of a Half-Baked GST is Unknowable

A recent newspaper report  says  Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to take the core message of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to every part of the country even as the government begins to implement the new tax from July 1.  Indeed it will be interesting to see how Modi and his team politically communicate the benefits of GST, a complex indirect tax system, to the people at l…