Bihar becomes first non-NDA state to ratify GST Bill
Tribune News Service
Patna, August 16
Bihar ratified a constitutional amendment Bill to introduce the Goods and Services tax in a special session of the state Assembly on Tuesday, making it the second state — the first non-NDA state — to do so after Assam.
Bijendra Prasad Yadav, State Minister for Commercial Tax, introduced the Bill in the Assembly.
The state legislature will also pass Bihar Municipality (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
Assam has already ratified the amendment to introduce the tax reform that was passed by Parliament recently. The Bill requires ratification by at least of half the state legislatures for it to be approved before it goes to the President for his assent.
Touted to be the biggest tax reform in the country, the Bill seeks to convert India into a single tax regime. — With inputs from agencies
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