States are also digging in their heels to ask for more compensation, as they are hit by demonetisation
Ever since demonetisation, states have been demanding higher compensation to meet revenue shortfall
Representatives from the IT, telecom, banking and insurance sectors will be at the meeting
As the April 1 roll-out of GST looks set to be missed, the GST Council will meet again on Jan 3-4
Govt intends to rollout GST regime from April 2017, but there're apprehensions about the date
Central Board of Excise and Customs officials have already been deputed to the GST Network
Meeting on January 3-4; all other provisions of model Bill and compensation Bill cleared
Dual control is also part of Integrated-GST legislation that Parliament needs to pass before new regime is rolled out
A slump in business activity stemming from the cash crunch has caused the revenue of state governments
States want sole control over assessees up to Rs 1.5 crore of annual turnover
Experts now say that implementation of GST should be postponed by three months to July next year
The CGST and IGST laws can be passed only in the Budget Session in early February
New tax regime can come between April and September, says Jaitley
For the past two years, India has been able to attract 40 global smartphone makers in the country
India faces the risk of missing a self-imposed deadline to launch the GST from April 2017
Even as the Centre and states are yet to reach an agreement over the prickly issue of administrative turf over assessees
States, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Bihar, want exclusive control on businesses with turnover below Rs 1.5 cr
Railway passengers buying an online ticket will be given free accidental insurance cover of up to Rs 10 lakh
Several states highlighted that implementing GST at this time can have destabilising effect on economy
FM Jaitley said the agenda for today's meeting will be completion of approval of CGST and IGST draft and discussion and resolution of cross empowerment law