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GST will increase revenues for consuming states and decrease revenue for manufacturing states. The government will compensate the manufacturing rates for the re

GST will increase revenues for consuming states and decrease revenue for manufacturing states. The government will compensate the manufacturing rates for the revenue loss. That's how all states agreed to a GST. This difference will ultimately come out from tax payers pockets. Basically, the tax payer pays for the government unable to handle compliance. Anyways, there are many products kept out of the GST purview [0] and therefore, this is like release 0.1a of GST. The idea that it will spur economic growth with the projections given is an exaggeration. [0] http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gst-adding-to-economic-growth-is-rubbish-says-niti-aayog-s-debroy/story-n6cluC7L2wxhZK1kINN52I.html http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gst-adding-to-econo...

dingo_bat 9y ago
Looking at the article seems more like a 0.7 version, not 0.1. Also, sometimes it's important to make a release and patch it later
- denzil_correa 9y ago
  > sometimes it's important to make a release and patch it later Yeah, the trick is to know when these "sometimes" are. For example, the "move fast break things" rule was applied for India's biometric unique ID card which resulted in people climbing trees to authenticate their cards to get their daily food [0], not allowing access to power/education/daily benefits [1] or transferring benefits to someone else due to errors and fighting to get your daily wages because of "system errors" [2]. Life is not software. There are some releases which you cannot patch. [0] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/need-internet-to-buy-pds-rations-go-climb-a-tree/articleshow/57437975.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/need-internet-to-bu... [1] https://scroll.in/article/834418/by-making-aadhaar-mandatory-delhis-government-schools-are-shutting-their-doors-to-migrant-children https://scroll.in/article/834418/by-making-aadhaar-mandatory... [2] https://scroll.in/article/833487/aadhaar-trouble-how-a-womans-wages-under-mgnrega-were-transferred-to-someone-elses-account https://scroll.in/article/833487/aadhaar-trouble-how-a-woman...
  - ocean3 9y ago
    There would be odd cases it's not like everyone is climbing trees.
    - denzil_correa 9y ago
      I'm happy that everyone isn't climbing trees. But casually dismissing "odd cases" where people who live hand to mouth are starving and excluded from society due to "software errors" is extreme apathy. Like I said, life is not software.
      - sfifs 9y ago
        consider that they actually have the opportunity to get the benefit today. I remember times not too long back where all of it disappeared in corruption.
        denzil_correa 9y ago
        Consider that some other people are not getting their benefits today. Earlier, some people were not getting benefits; now some others aren't getting it. The reasons have changed - the situation remains.
        Retric 9y ago
        Numbers matter. If you go from 95% to 99% that's massive progress. So saying someone or some people is meaningless.
        denzil_correa 9y ago
        > If you go from 95% to 99% that's massive progress. I haven't seen any number that suggests so.
        _jgdh 9y ago
- tvanantwerp 9y ago
  "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." MVPs in government policy don't really work as in software. Things move slow, patches come late or never. Bugs form constituencies that lobby for the bug. With policy, you really do need to try your best to get it right the first time.

dingo_bat 9y ago

Looking at the article seems more like a 0.7 version, not 0.1. Also, sometimes it's important to make a release and patch it later

denzil_correa 9y ago
> sometimes it's important to make a release and patch it later Yeah, the trick is to know when these "sometimes" are. For example, the "move fast break things" rule was applied for India's biometric unique ID card which resulted in people climbing trees to authenticate their cards to get their daily food [0], not allowing access to power/education/daily benefits [1] or transferring benefits to someone else due to errors and fighting to get your daily wages because of "system errors" [2]. Life is not software. There are some releases which you cannot patch. [0] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/need-internet-to-buy-pds-rations-go-climb-a-tree/articleshow/57437975.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/need-internet-to-bu... [1] https://scroll.in/article/834418/by-making-aadhaar-mandatory-delhis-government-schools-are-shutting-their-doors-to-migrant-children https://scroll.in/article/834418/by-making-aadhaar-mandatory... [2] https://scroll.in/article/833487/aadhaar-trouble-how-a-womans-wages-under-mgnrega-were-transferred-to-someone-elses-account https://scroll.in/article/833487/aadhaar-trouble-how-a-woman...
- ocean3 9y ago
  There would be odd cases it's not like everyone is climbing trees.
  - denzil_correa 9y ago
    I'm happy that everyone isn't climbing trees. But casually dismissing "odd cases" where people who live hand to mouth are starving and excluded from society due to "software errors" is extreme apathy. Like I said, life is not software.
    - sfifs 9y ago
      consider that they actually have the opportunity to get the benefit today. I remember times not too long back where all of it disappeared in corruption.
      - denzil_correa 9y ago
        Consider that some other people are not getting their benefits today. Earlier, some people were not getting benefits; now some others aren't getting it. The reasons have changed - the situation remains.
        Retric 9y ago
        Numbers matter. If you go from 95% to 99% that's massive progress. So saying someone or some people is meaningless.
        denzil_correa 9y ago
        > If you go from 95% to 99% that's massive progress. I haven't seen any number that suggests so.
        _jgdh 9y ago
tvanantwerp 9y ago
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." MVPs in government policy don't really work as in software. Things move slow, patches come late or never. Bugs form constituencies that lobby for the bug. With policy, you really do need to try your best to get it right the first time.