This refers to the report on 20 state finance ministers and some officials going to Paris, Spain, Brussels and Luxemburg (“State ministers fly to Europe to take lessons on GST,” September 1). If this is not a waste of public funds, what is? Not too long ago the members of the GST team, known as Empowered Committee, also went to Brazil, Canada and Australia. We should note that the right model is of Canada and not Europe. And we have enough experts in our country who know enough to explain to the committee what the model is in Europe and Canada. Such waste only forces people to lose confidence in our elected representatives. I, for one, am convinced that the idea is to merely see Paris.
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, on email
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