Move for sugar cess takes away sweetness of simplification of procedures; it must be junked

Have the decisions of the latest GST Council meeting on easing the filing process and addressing other procedural hassles come nine months too late? Should these not have been done when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out? Yes, of course. But then does any economic policy get initiated and implemented in time in India? Should the economy not have been opened up way before 1991? Should…