Budget 2017: What FM Arun Jaitley shoould announce on the GST front

The ninth GST Council meet on 16 January has achieved what most experts and sceptics had almost written off. Having successfully navigated a consensus between the State and the Centre on issues such as territorial waters, dual control and cross-empowerment, the Finance Minister also announced a ‘realistic time line’ of 1 July for GST implementation. Mr. Arun Jaitley would approach the third full-fledged union Budget of the present NDA Government on 1 Feb 2017 with the comfort of having achieved this important milestone.