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All states, UTs barring J&K pass SGST Bill to keep date with July 1

All states and Union Territories, barring Jammu and Kashmir, have passed their State Goods and Services Tax Bill paving the way for rollout of new indirect tax regime from 1st of next month. While Kerala and West Bengal have issued an ordinance to approve the SGST Act, all other states and UTs have passed it in their respective Legislative Assemblies.<br/><br/>Goods and Services Tax will officially be launched on 30th June midnight at a function in Central Hall of Parliament. <br/><br/>President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Prime Ministers Dr Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Ministers and Opposition leaders will be the part of the event. <br/><br/>Yesterday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said, if any state keeps out, both its traders and consumers will suffer loss.<br/><br/>

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