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Two-day seminar on second-generation GST reforms to begin at Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation on Monday

The Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, in partnership with the Indian Council of Social Science Research, will host a two-day seminar on September 7 and 8 to discuss the second-generation reforms of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system. The seminar, held at the GIFT campus in Thiruvananthapuram, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister V.D.

Satheesan on September 8. Renowned economist Professor M.A. Oommen will be honored at the event. Chief Minister Satheesan will also launch GIFT’s new publication, 'Economy and Fiscal Watch' (EFW). Former Finance Ministers T.M. Thomas Isaac and K.N. Balagopal, along with former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb A. Drabu, will participate in a dialogue on the past, present, and future of GST.

The seminar will feature lectures from prominent economists and policy experts on topics such as GST revenue performance, fiscal federalism, and changes in tax rates.

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