West Bengal finance minister is relentlessly pressurizing the point that the demonisation effect will also cover the GST and its roll out in coming future. West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra said that, “the timing is not right for its implementation, given the impact on state finances because of the partial demonetisation, Demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, and the resulting turmoil, makes April 1, 2017, target date for a national goods and services tax (GST) unlikely.”