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UPALok Sabha 2004Taxmeasurable

Introduce VAT early after the technical homework is completed

“The UPA government is pledged to the early introduction of VAT after all the necessary technical and administrative homework has been completed”
— National Common Minimum Programme of the Government of India (UPA), May 2004, page 20
VAADA POORAKept

The verdict

State-level VAT was introduced on 1 April 2005, though eight of the then 28 states did not adopt it immediately. Service-sector tax integration was not part of that rollout.

Rule applied: Kept with a small dilution → 9

Implied deadline (end of term): 22 May 2009Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
9/10
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Evidence timeline

  1. Other1 Apr 2005· Wikipediasupports
    Value-added tax ↗

    “"VAT was introduced on 1 April 2005. Of the then 28 states, eight did not immediately introduce VAT."”

Promise ID upa-cmp-2004-020 · drafted 4 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON