Confident of GST passage in Monsoon session: Gangwar

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi-Government is confident of getting the much-delayed GST Bill passed in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament, beginning later this month, new Minister of State for Finance Santosh Gangwar said today.

Gangwar, who was yesterday shifted from the Textile Ministry to the all-important Finance Ministry, assumed charge today along with Arjun Ram Meghwal, who has also been made a Minister of State in the Finance Ministry. Before assuming charge, both of them met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.  The two took charge in the presence of Jaitley and senior ministry officials, including Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa and Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.

Talking to reporters soon after, Gangwar said there was no real opposition by any political party to the Goods and Services (GST) Bill outside Parliament. “The entire world… is looking at how India will act. I feel GST will certainly be passed by Parliament in the Monsoon session,” he said. The session is scheduled to begin on July 18.