Arun Jaitley announced that the agenda for December meet is the completion of approval of CGST, SGST, compensation draft and the issue of dual control. Consensus eluded on the second day of the Good and Service Tax Council Meet on Saturday and the government has set December 11 and 12 to mull and discuss the contentious issue of dual control. The day we resolve the dual issue, I'll say its a done deal" said Jaitley. On being asked when the government is attempting to roll out GST, Jaitley said that, "the time option is only between April 1 and September 16. However, he said that since all the state finance ministers were present, the impact of demonetization was discussed once the GST discussion was wrapped at 4 pm.

Source: dna December 03, 2016 13:08 UTC