Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday participated in the 57th meeting of the GST Council held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi under the chairpersonship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He said that Haryana is a small state, accounting for around 1.3 per cent of the country’s total geographical area and around 2 per cent of its population.
During the meeting, he also put forward three proposals. In his first proposal, he suggested providing another one-time relief in the time limit for filing appeals against orders relating to the initial years of GST, that is, financial years 2017-18 to 2019-20. In November 2023, an opportunity to file appeals was provided for a limited period. In Haryana, there are 646 such cases in which appeals were rejected solely due to delay. These cases involve a demand of ₹567.43 crore.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi has set before the country the resolve to build Viksit Bharat by 2047. To achieve this, Haryana is continuously working to increase revenue in accordance with its economic capacity and to make better use of government resources. GST is a strong example of cooperative federalism in the country.
