- The Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) urges the Finance Ministry to reduce GST on staffing services from 18% to 5% and classify them as “merit services.”
- ISF recommends introducing a women-specific tax slab under Section 80JJAA to promote gender-inclusive hiring.
- High GST rates discourage formal employment, especially in labour-intensive sectors, and limit women’s workforce participation and migrant worker retention.
- ISF highlights that 85% of India’s workforce remains informal, risking underutilisation of the country’s demographic dividend.
- The Federation calls for updating Section 80JJAA’s eligibility thresholds and making labour formalisation a central budget priority to boost formal job creation and inclusive growth.
Source: a2ztaxcorp.net
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