"The GST will bring about comprehensive reform of the indirect tax regime in the country and a major financial reform to make India a single market," Patnaik said while addressing the legislators in the workshop on GST held ahead of the Odisha Assembly's special session tomorrow.
Noting that the Constitutional Amendment in 2016 to usher in the GST was an outcome of a broad political consensus, Patnaik said Odisha has also played an important role in it. As a member of the GST Council, Odisha has been actively participating in the design of the legislations, Patnaik said.
"The enactment of the State Goods and Service Tax will be the begining of a journey. We need to ensure that a robust administrative stracture and information technoloy based platform is put in place. It is imperative to manage the transition process through capacity building of tax officials and the members of trade and industry," Patnaik said.
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