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PM Modi to address the nation at 5 pm today
The address comes ahead of the GST rate cuts announced by the government, which will come into effect from September 22.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 5 pm on Sunday. “PM Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 5 PM this evening,” the Prime Minister's Office said in a post on X.
The address comes a day before the GST rate cut, announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier, comes into effect.
The new GST rates, which will result in the prices of a lot of consumer products reducing, will kick in from Monday, September 22.
The government had on September 4 announced rate cuts on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on hundreds of items – from automobiles to daily consumer products. This was India's biggest indirect tax reform since the GST came into effect in July, 2017.
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Under the reforms, rationalisation and a structure overhaul was undertaken. The structure of the tax was simplied to only two tax slabs – 5% and 18%. The tax earlier also included 12% and 28% tax slabs, which were removed.
Earlier today, the Prime Minister took to social media platform X to extend his greetings for Mahalaya. “Wishing you all Shubho Mahalaya! As the sacred days of Durga Puja draw near, may our lives be filled with light and purpose. May the divine blessings of Maa Durga bring unwavering strength, lasting joy and wonderful health,” PM Modi said in the post.
Modi will visit Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura on Monday. He will lay the foundation stone of development projects worth over ₹5,100 crore at Itanagar, and will address a public function, a press released from the PMO stated. This includes two major hydropower projects and a state-of-the-art Convention Centre at Tawang.
In Tripura, PM Modi will inaugurate the development work of 'Mata Tripura Sundari Temple Complex' at Matabari.
