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Digvijaya Singh urges Arun Jaitley to change CGST bill provisions

Says provisions would affect India's ranking on ease of doing business

Digvijaya Singh
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Digvijaya Singh

Amit Agnihotri New Delhi
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to reconsider and amend clauses 37, 38, 39 and 44 of Chapter IX of The Central Goods and Services Tax Bill saying it demands the tax payer to submit 37 forms in a year, up from 4 forms that he gives every quarter at present.

The law, said Singh, would affect India's global ranking in ease of doing business, which the government has been promising. Further, the Congress leader said that a mistake in one return would lead to mismatch because of which the tax payer won't get the benefit

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