Highlights 1 Government has proposed a special session to mark GST roll out2 Both houses to participate in joint Parliament session on GST3 Session to start at 11 pm on June 30 and end at 12.10 am on July 1A special midnight session of Parliament on June 30 has been proposed by the government to mark the roll out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). According to sources, to mark this historic moment, the Narendra Modi government is planning to convene a special one-hour midnight session. Outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley are likely to address the special midnight session. The midnight session will be held at the Central Hall of Parliament. Earlier, industry body Assocham and Civil Aviation Ministry had requested the Finance Ministry to defer the GST roll out.

Source: India Today June 20, 2017 05:23 UTC