Twenty-four states and union territories in the country have so far passed their respective State GST (SGST) Acts while seven others are yet to pass them, the government said on Monday.
The states and union territories that have passed their respective State Goods and Services Tax Act are Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Goa, Gujarat, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Tripura, Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Manipur, Telangana, Bihar, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Puducherry.
The states of Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal are yet to pass it, a Finance Ministry statement here said.
GST is headed for a July 1 roll-out.
--IANS
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