At pre-Budget 2018 meet, states flag drop in revenue on GST roll out
Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal asked the Centre to announce a farm debt waiver for the entire country BUDGET NEWS : On the pre-budget consultations of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with country finance ministers on Thursday, ministers representing state governments run by way of Congress, Left events and regional events flagged the revenue drop faced via states after the goods and services tax (GST) roll out and flagged agrarian misery. Bihar Deputy leader Minister Sushil Modi, who represented the Janata Dal (United)-Bharaitya Janata birthday party (BJP) coalition government in his kingdom, demanded more vital help for key schemes and revise wages for unskilled employees below the Mahatma Gandhi national Rural Employment guarantee Act (MGNREGA). He cautioned the Centre strengthen the economic yr to start from January 1, and growth income tax exemption restrict from Rs 250,000 to Rs 300,000. Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal asked the Centr...