Lucknow, Nov 3: Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister in Uttar Pradesh government Suresh Khanna has been named the convenor for the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to revise the tax rates on goods and services.
An order has also been issued by the GST Council regarding partial amendment to the GoM and reorganising it. In this, Suresh Khanna has been given important responsibility.
The decision to appoint Khanna as the convener was made because of his contribution during GST council meetings and meetings of different groups of ministers. Earlier, former Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai was the convener of GoM.
It may be noted that the GST Council keeps revising the tax rates from time to time in the public interest. A group of ministers has been formed for this.
Khanna will be the convenor in the reconstituted GoM, while Goa’s Transport Minister Mavin Godinho, Bihar’s Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Rajasthan’s Urban Development Minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal, West Bengal’s Finance Minister Chandrami Bhattacharya, Karnataka’s Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda and Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal will be member.
