BENGALURU: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today expressed confidence over getting the long-pending Goods and Services Tax bill passed in Parliament.
“We are getting constitution amended for GST on which discussions have been on since long…Since Congress’ time. I am confident that we will do those amendments and pass the GST,” Singh said.
“Due to lot of structural and procedural changes that we have brought in and due to foreign direct investments, also by integrating certain new things to our economic system we can proudly say that India is today the fastest growing economy in the world,” he said, addressing ‘Karnataka Raju Kshatriya Samavesha’ function here.
The proposed GST will subsume most of the indirect taxes. Government has listed the Constitutional Amendment Bill for introduction of GST in Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage next week. (AGENCIES)
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