GST – AP wants Compensation on Food grains
ANDHRA Pradesh has sought permanent compensation on the basis of quantum of food grains production, outside the purview of the new GST, as in the case of wheat-producing Haryana and Punjab. “We conveyed that the purchase tax on paddy or wheat should be compensated permanently. We wanted that to be extended to us and all the sates that produces food-grains, like Haryana and Punjab,” , said a State Minister. He added that the Empowered committee is to meet Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on August 18 for further deliberations on the GST.