There finally seems to be a path forward for GST. Centre and states must strike bargain

Tomorrow, the GST Council is set to meet. Although the agenda focuses on specifics, the time is ripe to take up a broader objective: Leaving the disputes behind and constructing a way forward for GST, one of the major policy achievements of the government. What has set back the GST for the past year and a half? The contributors are many but the critical one has been simply a lack of revenues. The…