Scope exists for consolidating GST rates: Asim Dasgupta

Former West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta , who chaired the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers that prepared the first draft of the Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) framework in 2009, says there is "scope for consolidating existing GST rates " to improve the present structure and suggests the highest slab of 28 per cent be brought down to 18. "The present GST structure has multip…