GST rate cut keeps India’s consumption rising beyond festive season, says Sitharaman

The impact of the GST rate cut will sustain even after the festive season is over, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman argued on Saturday, claiming that India’s consumption story will continue. Addressing a joint press conference in Delhi along with commerce minister Piyush Goyal and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Sitharaman said the benefit of the GST rate cut is reaching consumers, translat…