The UPA government introduced the constitution amendment bill on GST in the 2011 budget session but failed to build a consensus. India’s biggest tax reform, the Goods and Services Tax bill, is set to cross the Rajya Sabha hurdle to become a reality nine years after it was mooted in Parliament. The government said that the GST council will establish a mechanism to adjudicate disputes involving the Centre and the states in three possible scenarios: Centre versus one or more states, the Centre and states versus one or more states and state versus state. Read | To ensure GST passage, BJP asks members to be present in Rajya SabhaIn the original bill, the compensation for losses was kept as an option. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi discussed the GST issue with senior leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Chidambaram and Anand Sharma.

Source: Hindustan Times August 02, 2016 20:10 UTC