Meeting for the second time after the 2024 general election results, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Monday (September 9, 2024) sought to calm some of the rising clamour against the 18% indirect tax levy on insurance premium payments.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first Budget of the BJP-led NDA government’s third consecutive term in power is a distinct attempt to tell India’s voters that it has heard the angst-ridden message from the country’s unemployed youth loud and clear.