View: As the GST enters its fifth year, here're the challenges ahead

With the goods and services tax (GST) entering its fifth year, there have been strident voices from some states about its very structure and design, about the tax being regressive, and of revenue of states getting impacted. In this context, the tumultuous journey of introducing  GST  in a federal set-up like India bears repeating.  It has been a long, bumpy ride: from the L K Jha Co…