One-day Assembly session to discuss GST

The AAP government on Wednesday called a one-day session of the Delhi Assembly to pass the the State Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill on May 31.

The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. "The Delhi Cabinet approved convening of the session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for a one-day sitting on May 31 for the passage of the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Bill," the government said in a statement.

Several states including Maharashtra, Odisha, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Bihar and Assam have passed the State GST Bill so far. The GST is expected to come into effect from July 1 in country.

Manish Sisodia, Delhi's Finance Minister, said the government would raise the topic of GST on sanitary napkins in the GST Council meeting on June 3. He said the topic had not come up for discussion in the last meeting of the council that happened in Srinagar.