印度推出GST 2.0, 削减必需品税, 增加储蓄。 India launched GST 2.0, cutting taxes on essentials and boosting savings.

总理莫迪(Narendra Modi)于2025年9月22日推出GST 2.0, 将印度税收制度简化为两大块, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched GST 2.0 on September 22, 2025, simplifying India’s tax system to two main slabs—5% and 18%—replacing the previous four-tier structure. 这项改革于9月21日午夜生效,旨在降低食品、电器、药品和建筑材料等必需品的价格,同时维持奢侈品和罪孽物品的40%的费率。 The reform, effective at midnight on September 21, aims to reduce prices on essential goods like food, appliances, medicines, and building materials, while maintaining a 40% rate for luxury and sin items. 它与纳夫拉特里节(Navratri)同时举行, 以“GST Bachat Utsav”或储蓄节为标志, 预计将通过减税及提高所得税豁免, It coincides with the Navratri festival, branded as a "GST Bachat Utsav" or savings festival, and is expected to deliver a combined benefit of over ₹2.5 lakh crore through lower taxes and a higher income tax exemption up to ₹12 lakh. 这些变革经全球科技理事会批准,目标是穷人、中产阶级、农民、妇女和小商人负担得起,通过鼓励“印度制造”产品和放宽商业合规,促进自力更生。 The changes, approved by the GST Council, target affordability for the poor, middle class, farmers, women, and small traders, promoting self-reliance by encouraging "Made in India" products and easing business compliance.