Gujarat assembly passes state GST Bill in special session

State govt agrees that Gujarat would lose some income under GST regime

The Gujarat assembly on Tuesday passed the state goods and services tax (GST) Bill in a special one-day session. Admitting that Gujarat would lose some income under GST regime because of the state's dependence on manufacturing, deputy chief minister and finance minister Nitin Patel said the five-year compensation from the Centre should suffice.

Earlier, Parliament had passed four legislations related to GST for a nation-wide rollout on July 1, after which state assemblies were required to pass the state GST Bill. With this, Gujarat joined the likes of Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar, among others in passing the state