TS Assembly ratifies GST; Adjourns Sine Die
Hyderabad, April.16: Telangana Legislative Assembly special session today ratified the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act passed by the Centre. Finance Minister E Rajender introduced the State GST bill in the Assembly after it passed the reservations bill for Scheduled Tribes and Muslim Minorities.
Rajender gave clarifications to the queries posed by the members on the GST Bill after a brief discussion, and explained as to why the Telangana Government is extending support to it. Stating that the aim of the GST is “one nation-- one tax regime” he said that direct taxes are not coming into the ambit of GST. The Finance Minister extending support to the GST bill passed by the Centre, said that indirect tax of customs department will come under Central Government purview rather than the GST tax regime. Rajender maintained that as many as 160 nations out of 196 nations, are implementing the GST.
The Centre, he said, has exempted alcohol and petroleum products from the GST ambit. The Telangana Government has urged the Centre to give tax exemptions to agriculture produces, he informed the house. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has constituted a GST Council and the uniform tax regime of GST will come into force across the nation from July 1, Rajender stated. The Centre through the GST Council is to compensate the states for five years to meet the losses to be incurred by the implementation of uniform regime of GST, he stated.
Earlier, the congress senior leader G Chinna Reddy expressed displeasure at the GST regime for comprising several slabs. When the ultimate aim of the GST is one nation one tax, then what is the need of slabs in the percentage of 5, 12, 18 and 28, Chinna Reddy asked. He also said that services sector is fetching 60 per cent of income to the state government. After the members responding on the bill with some suggestions, the house ratified the GST bill. The Assembly was later adjourned sine die by Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy
Rajender gave clarifications to the queries posed by the members on the GST Bill after a brief discussion, and explained as to why the Telangana Government is extending support to it. Stating that the aim of the GST is “one nation-- one tax regime” he said that direct taxes are not coming into the ambit of GST. The Finance Minister extending support to the GST bill passed by the Centre, said that indirect tax of customs department will come under Central Government purview rather than the GST tax regime. Rajender maintained that as many as 160 nations out of 196 nations, are implementing the GST.
The Centre, he said, has exempted alcohol and petroleum products from the GST ambit. The Telangana Government has urged the Centre to give tax exemptions to agriculture produces, he informed the house. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has constituted a GST Council and the uniform tax regime of GST will come into force across the nation from July 1, Rajender stated. The Centre through the GST Council is to compensate the states for five years to meet the losses to be incurred by the implementation of uniform regime of GST, he stated.
Earlier, the congress senior leader G Chinna Reddy expressed displeasure at the GST regime for comprising several slabs. When the ultimate aim of the GST is one nation one tax, then what is the need of slabs in the percentage of 5, 12, 18 and 28, Chinna Reddy asked. He also said that services sector is fetching 60 per cent of income to the state government. After the members responding on the bill with some suggestions, the house ratified the GST bill. The Assembly was later adjourned sine die by Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy