GST impacts fiscal autonomy of states like Tamil Nadu: Jaya to PM

June 14, 2016 17:57

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who arrived in New Delhi today on her first visit after her election victory met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jaya expressed her concerns about the GST, which aims to bring the country under a unified tax regime.

"GST impacts the fiscal autonomy of states like Tamil Nadu... Expect big revenue loss for manufacturing state like Tamil Nadu," Jayalalithaa said in a memorandum which was submitted to PM Modi with 29 demands.

"A number of concerns of Tamil Nadu need to be addressed by the Centre on GST... petroleum products must be kept out of GST," the memorandum said.

Earlier, she was given a guard of honour by the Tamil Nadu Special Police contingent at the Tamil Nadu house. She is also likely to meet union ministers Nirmala Sitaraman and Pon Radhakrishnan and discuss central schemes with them.

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