States against GST slab, rate revamp until revenue stabilises: Sushil Modi

Says now onwards GST Council will consider any change in tax rates only once a year instead of in each and every meeting

States are not in favour of increasing GST rates at a time when there is a consumption slowdown and it is not the right time to bring down the number of slabs under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Convenor of Group of Ministers on IGST, said on Saturday.

There is no possibility of any change in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates till the revenue stabilises, Modi said while speaking on the theme 'India: Roadmap to a $5 trillion economy' at Ficci's 92nd Annual Convention here.

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