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Taxation Gone Awry

During its 55th meeting, the GST Council clarified that tax treatment for popcorn would depend on its flavour and the way it was sold; while popcorn sold loose will be taxed at 5 per cent, GST on popcorn will incre a se to 12 per cent if it was sold in packets under a brand name, while caramelised popcorn would be taxed at 18 per cent.

Elusive achche din

Mr Modi, who was almost single-handedly responsible for BJP's landslide victory, has the humongous responsibility of fulfilling the promises that he had made in 2014 and 2019. The Government can achieve its promise of achche din only if it starts working for achche din from day one of its tenure.

Gloom in the numbers

At another level, puncturing a hole in the government’s claims of having added 10.6 million new taxpayers in the financial year 2016-17, some 25 per cent more than the previous year, the income-tax department now talks of the surge in “stop filers”, people earlier paying income tax but not doing so now.