Putting a spanner in the works this time is Union Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju. Speaking to India Today exclusively a day ahead of the big GST bash, the minister said the aviation sector isn't ready for GST. "GST will affect aviation sector. The Civil Aviation Ministry recently wrote to the Finance Ministry on behalf of airlines, asking for more time to become GST-compliant. The Civil Aviation Ministry retracted that letter as soon as the media got a whiff of it.
Source: India Today June 30, 2017 03:00 UTC