Ranchi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill and became the third state to ratify the bill after Assam and Bihar.
Ranchi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill and became the third state to ratify the bill after Assam and Bihar.
Except for dissenting Communist Party of India-Marxist and Leninist (CPI-ML) legislator Raj Kumar Yadav, the bill was passed unanimously in the state Assembly.
"India has a tradition and culture to take taxes. The GST will end the tax discrimination and it will end the British tax system," said Jharkhand Parliamentary Affairs Minister Saryu Rai while tabling the GST bill in the Assembly.