The underlying objective of this rate fitment has been clear for some time, which is to maintain the current effective indirect tax burden (Centre and State taxes together) within the agreed multiple rate structure to control inflation and avoid surprises. The focus has also been to see how best mass consumption items can be kept at an optimum rate and ensure social equity. While this exercise has been successful in most cases where goods are concerned there are some outliers even in case of mass consumption items like detergents, paints etc. where there has been a rate increase.
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