The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has brought notable changes to India’s financial and operational framework, with the education sector experiencing significant effects. This study explores the diverse impacts of GST on education, focusing on the added financial load on institutions, the operational hurdles in meeting GST requirements, and the ripple effects on students. Although GST was introduced to simplify the country’s indirect tax structure, it has inadvertently created fresh cost pressures for schools, colleges, and universities. Many of these institutions, already coping with limited budgets, now face the challenge of either absorbing higher expenses or transferring them to students through increased fees. Private and non-profit institutions, in particular, struggle to maintain tight margins while also adhering to complex GST compliance procedures.
RACHAKATLA ESHWAR (Wed,) studied this question.