Subhash Chandra Garg cherry-picking figures from two different bases: CBIC
NEW DELHI: The Centre has rejected former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg's claim that GST growth numbers have been overstated by leaving compensation cess out of the calculation, saying the cess is no longer being collected and therefore cannot be used to compare post-cess GST revenue with last year's.The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Wednesday accused Garg of "cherry-picking figures from two different tax bases" and called such an approach "thoroughly misleading…