Editorial photo #2053394 Economy, Business and Finance
India Economy Taxation
Closed shop at Burrabazar during the daylong nationwide strike, demanding changes in the GST regime in Kolkata , India on Friday, 30th June , 2017. Traders protest against complex, confusing GST (Goods and Service Tax) rules in all over the country.At midnight on July 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally usher in the country's new goods and services tax. First proposed in 2006, the GST will subsume more than a dozen state and central levies into one tax, unifying the country of 29 diverse states and 1.28 billion people into a single market for the first time. (Photo by Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto)