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Full form of GST A minister derided for not knowing it It is reported that a minister in the Chief Minister Yogi Adithyanath's ministry in UP, Minister Ramapathy Sastri could not elaborate the abbreviation GST. Kindly give the minister the benefit of doubt. He fumbled alright but it does not mean it did not know it. Most of the ministers, across States, are from rural areas. Many of them are at loss of words, especially when speaking to the media. Even some well bred, educated people are affected by speech anxiety and social phobia. If one could go back and collect similar such instances it would fill a book.

The case of film actress Bhavna The forgotten message The case of film actress Bhavna is now well known. The case day by day is turning murkier with more people being named from the film industry, politicians and the underworld. Police are having a tough time to put things together with more information pouring in day by day. More details can be got from here . But, the message is clear. The weaker sex should take this professional hazard serious and must act immediately. The immediate step one could think of is, travel with an escort ( a male family member), and avoid travel in the night ( by car).

GST Drama The Skepticism in the minds of Business Community The BJP government, and its allies, are set to launch the new GST scheme midnight today. Some opposition parties have extended their supported, more out of convenience than conviction, to the scheme. Other Opposition parties, led by the Congress, are going to boycott, again, as a policy rather than out of conviction. The business community is divided. Mostly the smaller ones are still not convinced of the merits of the scheme, either to the government or to themselves. Their doubt is not only about the tax under which their product or services will come in the 5 tier tax structure but also about the elaborate declaration they would be required to make monthly and periodically. The government, in its enthusiasm to make a water tight system to increase its revenue, has made a number of mandatory periodic filing of returns compulsory. Will this make the small traders run after their auditors rather run after...