Asim DasguptaAsim Dasgupta Ex Finance Minister of West Bengal at press meet at party head office in Alimuddin Street. A few years later, Dasgupta returned as the head of the empowered committee of state finance ministers to thrash out the new indirect tax. P ChidambaramFormer Union finance minister P Chidambaram during the 2013-14 Union budget in New Delhi. (Reuters file photo)P Chidambaram was the first finance minister to include the proposal for an indirect tax reform in the Union budget of 2006. Arun JaitleyUnion finance minister Arun Jaitley leaves after the launch of 'Goods and Services Tax (GST)' at Parliament in New Delhi.

Source: Hindustan Times July 01, 2017 04:56 UTC