The seven-year glitch: Inside the govt's war to plug the GST leakage

As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) enters its seventh year — it was launched in June 2017 — the government is doubling down on plugging leakages in the tax system. The biggest disrupter of India's business and economy in recent times, the GST has now stabilised but needs its own medicine. It was launched to remove inefficiencies in the earlier tax regime, and it has done that very well. Now it ne…