Dy CM Chowna Mein attends 35th GST Council Meeting in New Delhi
On the issue of a uniform rate for lotteries, Mein stated that there is need to protect the interests of North Eastern States, and therefore he supported a uniform GST rate for both state run & state authorised lotteries.
New Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein who is also the Minister in-charge of Finance represented Arunachal Pradesh in the 35th GST Council Meeting chaired by Union Finance Minister, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Friday.
With the objective of ease of doing business, to remove difficulties being faced by small taxpayers and to protect the revenue of Arunachal Pradesh, Mein expressed his views on myriad agenda items ranging from the New Return Filing System, Extension of dates of returns, to GST rates of various goods & services.
On the issue of a uniform rate for lotteries, Mein stated that there is need to protect the interests of North Eastern States, and therefore he supported a uniform GST rate for both state run & state authorised lotteries.
His views were welcomed by the Chairperson of the GST Council, Union Finance Minister Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman.
The Deputy Chief Minister was accompanied by Commissioner Tax, Excise and Narcotics, Anirudh Singh.
