GST Bill clears the number barriers

Moving a step closer to the roll out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country, Odisha recently became the 16th State to ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill and the stage is set for Presidential nod. On this score, Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, moved the statutory resolution in this regard at a special one-day session of the Assembly which was supported by members of all political parties barring the lone CPI (M) member who did not participate. With Odisha ratifying the Constitutional Amendment Bill for GST, minimum requirement of 50% States ratifying, the Bill is complete and the country is proud that the government is a bit ahead in its schedule for implementation of GST, as instead of 30 days kept for the task, it has been achieved in 23 days, said Revenue Secretary, Hasmukh Adhia.