Monday, 30 November 2015

GST / GIVE AND TAKE


GST  /  GIVE   AND    TAKE

Dear Shri Modiji / Shrimati Soniaji :

It was statesperson like for you, to reach out to each other last evening , in order to arrive at an agreement on GST
All negotiations have two , initially opposing , parties
No agreement can be arrived at , on the " Terms " of only one of the parties
A customer sold against his will , ceases to be a customer  !
Agreements imposed through numerical strength of membership , are bound to get sabotaged
To arrive at a " Lasting Solution " , there must be give and take

Here is my suggestion :

NDA  GIVE  /  OPPOSITION  TAKE :

*    Accept a cap of 18 % for GST in the Constitutional Amendment Bill

OPPOSITION   GIVE /  NDA  TAKE :

*    A provision in Bill to enable the Government of the day , to raise the GST % in
     subsequent years , through an enabling provision
     
     This provision ( not mandatory ) , will allow the Government to raise the GST %
    through the Annual Central Budget each year
      ( anyway , Union Budget has to be passed in Lok Sabha , each year )

*   The amount by which GST " may " get raised , to be calculated as follows :

     #    Starting GST %   =    18 %
    #     Assume that , in 2016-17 , CPI rises by 10 %
    #     Take  5 %  of that 10 % rise in CPI .   That works out to 0.5 %
    #     So , in 2017-18 , GST may be raised by 0.5 % , to become 18.5 %
    #     This is the UPPER LIMIT . Government may choose to revise GST to any
           figure less than 18.5 %

This is a perfect  FACE SAVING  FORMULA / a WIN-WIN situation for both  !

This is not a matter of , " WHO is right ? "
This is a question of ,   " WHAT is right ? "

Carpe  Diem !  Cease this moment to strike a deal by today evening  !

Good Luck  !

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hemen  parekh
28  Nov  2015






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