Jaitley thanks T'gana CM for passage of GST Bill

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today thanked Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for cooperating in the passage of GST bill, the Chief Minister's office said here.
Jaitley has written a letter to Rao to this effect, it said.
Jaitley felt that the GST has become possible due to the cooperation of all the political parties and state governments, it said in a release.
The union minister has requested that meetings be conducted for MPs and MLAs in the state to raise their understanding of the GST, the release added.
The new tax regime would come into force from July 1.