Demands to increase the compensation period show that states don't really believe in GST

On May 23, the chief minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot,  wrote  to another chief minister pointing out that his state had been demanding an increase in the Goods and Services Tax compensation period for another five years after its original deadline in 2022. Earlier this year in January, Gehlot had made the  same demand  by writing to the prime minister. Rajasthan isn’t the o…