GST Bill debate LIVE: Lok Sabha passes all four Bills

GST Bill: Arun Jaitley says GST will end Tax terrorism, Congress says one-nation, one-tax is a myth

5:31 PM

GST rates will have no inflationary impact, says FM Jaitley

5:03 PM

BJP's delay in implementing GST led to Rs 12 lakh cr loss: Veerappa Moily

4:19 PM

GST Bill debate | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, Bihar: "Will inflation come down after GST? No, it will not. There is not a single measure here that will reduce inflation.If crude oil prices are going down, then why is the price of petrol going up? Is this the kind of benefit to come in from GST?"

4:18 PM

GST Bill debate | Supriya Sule: "The government data shows mining growth rate is down by 11%, and several other sectors are also down. With GST, data proves there have been hiccups to growth whereever it has been implemented. How will it help our GDP? And what will be the repercussions on FDI?The powers are not with the State, Parliament and Centre but to the Council. It is nice we are empowering States. These are long-term legislations. Am not objecting the power given to the Council. But we have to re-think the amount of power given.  Has the government thought through giving so much power to the GST Council?" 

4:15 PM

BJP's Poonam Mahajan Rao is participating in GST Bill debate

 

4:13 PM

GST Bill debate: RJD leader Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav says for the next few years, inflation will not come down. Prices of commodities will rise

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GST Bill debate | Bring alcohol and petroleum products under the GST umbrella: Varaprasad Rao

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YSR Congress Party's Varaprasad Rao asks government to take a relook at cess on consumer durables.

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3:57 PM

As Lok Sabha debates GST, an important development in the auto industry has taken place. The Supreme Court has put a ban on sale of BS-III vehicles from April 1.

3:57 PM

GST Bill Debate: Mulayam Singh Yadav goes off track — Takes up farmer suicides, prompting Raman Deka (in chair) to bring him back to GST debate. The Samajwadi Party supremo says GST does nothing for the rural population. Can the govt bring a legislation to tackle farmer suicides?" he asks.

3:55 PM

GST Bill debate: GST will spur inequality between rich and poor, says CPM

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GST Bill debate: You have such a huge mandate in Uttar Pradesh, you have to deliver. If you don’t deliver, people of UP will show you, says Mulayam Singh Yadav.

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GST Bill debate:  CPM's Mohammed Salim targets GST Bill — it will only "increase inequality" between the rich and the poor, he says. It's a unifying tax regime but one which divides people, he adds.

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GST Bill debate: We are sitting here to make history and I am happy to be a part of this historic occasion: Jaidev Galla, TDP MP from Guntur.

No power on earth can stop the implementation of this bill: Galla

He thanks Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the step.