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Business Standard New Delhi

The recent change of guard at the Empowered Committee (EC) of State Finance Ministers has not impacted the way states oppose the Centre’s draft on the impending Goods & Services Tax, but it has certainly changed how the panel interacts with the media. Unlike his predecessor Asim Dasgupta, new EC chairman Sushil Modi communicates with the media in a more formal manner. After the last EC meeting, he held a formal briefing with reporters in the conference hall. Later, a detailed press release was issued — another thing that never happened in Dasgupta’s regime.

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First Published: Aug 23 2011 | 12:19 AM IST

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