India's eight-year journey under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) continues to reshape household budgets, industry cost structures and the broader consumption landscape, according to a new white paper from Dun & Bradstreet India. Titled "GST: the unification of India's indirect tax market" and authored by Dr Arun Singh, Global Chief Economist at Dun & Bradstreet, the study offers one of the most granular assessments yet of how GST has transformed spending patterns, formalised supply chains and reshaped India's domestic market architecture.

The white paper notes that "a typical Indian household now spends approximately ₹2,06,214 annually on GST-affected products," reflecting both the widening coverage of the tax system and the shift in consumption towards branded and GST-networked goods. A

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