Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the recent work done on the implementation of GST in order to meet the proposed deadline April 1, 2017, and asked departments and ministries to take necessary steps for achieving the deadline on time.
According to an official report, the Prime Minister held a meeting on Thursday to review the work done over GST. The meeting was jointly attended by FM Arun Jaitley and many others.
The official report read, “In order to ensure that there is no slippage on date of implementation of GST from April 1, 2017, the Prime Minister reviewed the progress made on various steps needed for the roll-out of GST relating to preparation of Model GST laws and rules to be framed, establishment of IT infrastructure for both Centre and States, training of officers of Central and State Governments and outreach for awareness of trade and industry.”
Goods and Services Tax is the new tax reform that will bring several indirect taxes under a single body. The newly formed GST council will take care of all the further requirements for the GST law implementation across the country.
