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Former BSE Chairman - Sethurathnam Ravi According to Sethurathnam Ravi BSE , when the GST was introduced 5 years ago there were a lot of misgivings about how the centre and state governments will work together regarding the tax collection and how the distribution will work. In Sethurathnam Ravi’s opinion, compounded with this issue was the platform issue. At the time of the introduction of the GST, there was also the interpretation and the awareness issue from the SSE and it had also created a lot of confusion in that, he says. Sethurathnam Ravi also explains the other obstacles that were on the road of GST until its successful acceptance. He says that the way was not easy for GST to get accepted by the people, but surely it was progressive and has finally seen the outcome. In his own words, “There were also issues of input credit, whether it is to be set up against liabilities. Then there were clarifications on that also, and there where issues on various rates that where there. So, ...

Hundreds of Moroccan firefighters and soldiers have been mobilised to tackle forest blazes burning for days in the wooded regions in the country’s north. Half of the 4,660 hectares (11,500 acres) affected by the fires were in Larache province, where the biggest blaze is located and where one person has died. More than 1,320 families have been evacuated from 19 villages in the region, said local officials. Soldiers had been sent to help fight the fires in Ksar el-Kebir, one of the most inaccessible regions. Hundreds of hectares of woodlands had also been destroyed in the neighbouring provinces of Ouazzane, Tetouan and Taza. Temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and strong winds have made fighting the fire that much more difficult. But officials are hoping the reinforcements and a change in weather conditions may give them some respite. Morocco, which is struggling under intense droughts, has in recent days been hit by soaring temperatures approaching 45C (...