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India's finance ministry, states move closer to draft GST bill: Jaitley

Published 12/23/2016, 07:04 AM
Updated 12/23/2016, 07:10 AM
© Reuters. Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks on a panel at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's finance ministry and state finance officials have broadly agreed on the draft of the national sales tax and are making "reasonable headway" on a few contentious issues, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.

They will meet again for two days from Jan. 3, Jaitley told reporters, but did not clarify whether the country could meet the self-imposed deadline of April 1 for the launch of Goods and Services Tax, the country's most ambitious tax reform as yet.

"I am trying my best," he said when asked about the April roll out of the tax.

"I am not going to bind myself with anything. Our effort is to do it as quickly as possible and I think we are making a reasonable headway," Jaitley said.

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India has broken the social contract and ruined the lives of millions and now it wants a GST?
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