The date for rolling out
the Goods and Services Tax could be announced on January
8, the Chairman of the Empowered Committee on State
Finance Ministers, Asim Dasgupta, said today.
"There will be a joint statement after a meeting with
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on January 8 on GST
rollout," Dasgupta told reporters on the sidelines of
the 23rd industrial trade fair, organised by the Bengal
National Chamber of Commerce and Industry here.
"We (state finance ministers) have a two-day meeting
from January 7. We will meet Pranab Mukherjee before
giving a statement on this," he said.
Dasgupta's statement came just a day after the Union
finance minister said the scheduled April 1 date to
introduce the new tax regime may be missed due to a lack
of consensus among all the 28 states.
