> India used to have an excise, sales tax (replaced by VAT in the early 2000s) and octroi system. And all of them were introduced with care to reduce the trans

> India used to have an excise, sales tax (replaced by VAT in the early 2000s) and octroi system. And all of them were introduced with care to reduce the transition pain points of the MSMEs. None of it was as deliberately convoluted and poorly rolled out as the initial rollout of the GST by the Modi government. The tax officials themselves did not understand half of it, adding to the chaos and confusion of implementing it. Again, all this was deliberate and by design, in my opinion.