New Delhi: The government today ruled out
having a single rate for all commodities under the Goods and
Services Tax (GST) saying items like food products have been
placed at minimum taxation levels while luxury goods were in
the higher categories.
During the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley said there were countries which had applied a
uniform tax rate on all commodities but these were nations
where the entire population was above the poverty line.