Prof Arun Kumar talks about his book 'Ground Scorching Tax' and how successive governments are undermining the informal sector with their tax systems.
In this interview with NewsClick, leading scholar of black economy, Prof Arun Kumar talks about his latest book 'Ground Scorching Tax' where he points out how the present GST regime is structurally flawed at multiple levels, drastically affecting the country's unorganised sector. He also elaborates how successive governments are undermining the informal sector with their tax systems and proposes an alternative design for a simpler tax system in India.