Dated:- 17-11-2014 – The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that the Government has taken series of measures to tackle various challenges being faced by the infrastructure sector in the country. The Finance Minister said that many more such measures are in offing in near future. The Finance Minister Shri Jaitley said that he is in discussion with the members of opposition parties to make necessary procedural changes in Land Acquisition Act in order to avoid delay in the implementation of the infrastructure projects. The Finance Minister was delivering the Key Note Address at the Citi s Investor Summit: India – Poised for Higher Growth here today. The Finance Minister Shri Jaitley further said that various sectors have been opene
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Winter Session of Parliament. He said that he is in touch with the Parliament Select Committee in this regard and will try to persuade it to give its report at the earliest. As regards GST, the Finance Minister said that he is in touch with the various State Governments and most of the contentious issues have already been resolved. He said there are two areas including liquor and petroleum products where the States want to have taxation authority. Two States want entry tax and octroi to be kept-out of the purview of the GST. The Finance Minster said that all these issues will be sorted-out soon. He will also apprise the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers about the draft Constitution Amendment Bill on GST before introducing the s
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