Editorial: Softening the GST grip

After last year’s extensive rate rationalisation and reduction decisions, the 57th meeting of the GST Council has announced a slew of further reforms, including scrapping tax officials' power of arrest and raising the prosecution threshold from Rs 1 crore to Rs 5 crore. Other reforms include easing registrations, refunds, compliance, and service exports. For a long time, the GST regime relied on c