CM chairs meet on GST
The Hindu
Group of Ministers has to submit a report on rationalisation of GST
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who heads the Group of Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST), chaired a meeting on rate rationalisation of taxes on November 20.
The Group of Ministers (GoM) has to submit a report in December on issues related to rationalisation of GST and ways to augment revenue. Finance Ministers and officials from various States participated in the video conference.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.