 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing the 3rd Governing Council meet of the NITI Aayog, in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: PTI")
Chief ministers on Sunday raised concerns over the impact the goods and services tax (GST) regime was likely to have on farmers, traders and tiny and small-scale sector industries.
At the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting in New Delhi, the chief minister (CM) of Left-ruled Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, and his counterpart in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, spoke of the increasing irrelevance of forums like the Inter-State Council (ISC) and the NITI Aayog.
Raje said there was “a need to ensure that roles of ISC and NITI (Aayog) be clearly defined to avoid unnecessary overlaps and confusion”. Vijayan said
