Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said he is willing to reach out to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to get the GST Bill passed in Parliament. Mr. Jaitley said this while talking to a private TV channel. He said he would try and persuade the main opposition party to help clear the Bill, as soon as possible, because it is going to be one of the most important reforms in the country. <br/><br/>The Goods and Services Tax (GST), which will subsume more than a dozen state levies to create a single market, is to be implemented from April next year. But, the deadline may be missed if Parliament does not pass the Constitution Amendment Bill in the upcoming winter session. The Congress is opposed to some provisions of the Bill.<br/><br/>Replying to a question, Mr. Jaitley also praised the RBI for slashing the benchmark interest rate, but remained non-committal on extension to Governor Raghuram Rajan.
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Ready to reach out to Rahul for GST Bill passage: Jaitley