
GST: Finance Ministry revamps Groups of Ministers
The Hindu
Ajit Pawar to study IT-related issues
The Finance Ministry has modified the composition of ministerial groups studying pending Goods and Services Tax (GST) issues. Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has been appointed as the convenor of the Group of Ministers (GoM) tasked with monitoring and resolving IT-related challenges for GST, replacing former Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi. Mr. Modi’s successor in the Bihar government Tarkishore Prasad has also been included in the GoM, while former Haryana Minister Captain Abhimanyu has been replaced by the State’s Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala. Mr. Pawar replaced former Maharashtra FM Sudhir Mungantiwar, while Assam’s Former FM and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has been replaced by his FM Ajanta Neog.
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Expressing the need for more number of socially responsive engineers and lawyers for furthering development of the country, Governor Thaawarchad Gehlot here on Friday lauded St. Aloysius institution for widening its service in the education sector by opening separate institutes for engineering and law











