Rajya Sabha adjourns sine die without passing the GST Bill
By: – Bimal jain
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 17-8-2015<\/p>\n
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\nRajya Sabha adjourns sine die without passing the GST Bill
\nWith the Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi Government going hammer and tongs using its majority in Lok Sabha to clear legislative agenda, Shri. Modi's reform agenda suffered a major blow on Thursday, August 13, 2015, when the lawmakers ended the Monsoon Parliament session without approving the much awaited Constitution (122ndAmendment) Bill, 2014 on Goods and Services Tax (“GST Bill” or “122nd CAB”) aimed at boosting economic growth by harmonising a mosaic of State and Central levies replacing a chaotic structure that inflates costs.
\nThe Monsoon session of the Parliament, which saw protests between the Government and the Opposition, has been a complete washout. However, on the second day of the session, i.e. on July 22, 2015, Select Panel of the Rajya Sa<\/p>\n
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\n * If a Bill passed by one House but rejected by the other; or
\n * If disagreement between the two Houses on amendments to the Bill; or
\n * When more than six months have lapsed after the date of receipt of the Bill by the other House without passing it.
\nThus, calling a Joint session to make up the difference is not an option for two reasons viz. GST Bill was struck in the Rajya Sabha with Oppositions neither saying yes or no and for a Constitutional Amendment Bill, it needs to be passed separately in each house by a 2\/3rd majority of the members, present and voting.
\nExtending the session after break
\nStill keen to ensure passage of the GST Bill, the Centre has kept its option open of reconvening the session with the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Thursday deciding not to re<\/p>\n
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\nGST Bill hangs midway: April, 2016 deadline under mist
\nThe virtual closing of the Monsoon session without any major business being transacted is a blow to the Government which was looking to get major pending legislations, including the GST bill, passed in both houses of the Parliament so as to get the economy back on track.
\nThe delay in the passage of the GST bill has put a question mark on the planned roll out of the GST era by the appointed date of April 1, 2016 which now seems to be cumbersome task for the Government to meet a self-imposed deadline.
\nThe GST Bill which will subsume all Indirect taxes into one uniform levy across the Country, has to be first passed in the Rajya Sabha with 2\/3rd majority followed by its ratification by at least 50% of the States before it becomes law of the land. Following<\/p>\n
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