The empowered group of state finance ministers, headed by West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra, are meeting on 14-15 June to finalize the design of GST. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will address the empowered committee of state finance ministers in Kolkata on Tuesday as the centre makes a final push to achieve a consensus on the goods and services tax. The empowered group of state finance ministers are meeting on 14-15 June to finalize the design of GSTNew Delhi: The stakes for the upcoming empowered committee meeting to be held in June have just gone up. This is probably the first time in the past few years that a Union finance minister is addressing the panel of state finance ministers outside of the national capital, reflecting the crucial timing of the meeting. The Congress party has been insisting that it will support the bill only after its demands are included in the bill.

Source: Mint June 13, 2016 14:10 UTC