Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the implementation of next-generation GST reforms in Itanagar and said the GST Bachat Utsav begins immediately.
- He described the rationalisation as a festival-season "double bonanza" for shoppers, framing the move as consumer-friendly relief.
- At the Itanagar event, Modi met artisans and entrepreneurs selling local goods and handed out 'Garv se Kaho Yeh Swadeshi Hai' placards.
- Shopkeepers who received the placards said they would display them in their stores to highlight locally made products.
- BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, speaking in Mandi, called the reforms a "landmark decision" toward Viksit Bharat and said they could boost Himachal’s khadi, Ayurveda and organic industries with central support.