GST enters the last mile, all eyes on Srinagar

Later this week, the goods and services tax (GST) Council made up of finance ministers of states and Union territories and headed by finance minister Arun Jaitley will convene in Srinagar. The 14th meeting of the GST Council is important in ways that go beyond the listed agenda: the complex task of fitting various goods and services into four tax slabs. It will, at least on the 18-19 May, provide…