So far Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh have ratified the Amendment Bill, while Telangana and Madhya Pradesh are likely to announce special session soon.
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The Assemblies of Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh ratified the Goods and Services Tax Bill on Monday, reported ANI.
Wednesday’s sitting of the legislature has been convened especially for considering the GST Bill with no other business scheduled, said the assembly secretariat. The government has set April 1, 2017 as target for rolling out GST, considered as the biggest tax reform.
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“Within just two years, Modi government successfully created an atmosphere of trust by taking everyone into confidence, something which Congress-led UPA could not do. We will summon one-day special session on August 31 to ratify the Bill which is already passed in Parliament”, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told reporters here yesterday. The assembly, which is made up of 182 legislators ratified the bill after the suspension of 50 Congress MLAs for a day, who disrupted the House proceedings over Una atrocities. “As a result, the GST Bill was passed in both Houses of Parliament unanimously, despite the fact the BJP lacks majority in Rajya Sabha”, said Patel. “Then, all respective states will also be able to make their own state legislation for GST”, he added.
