Government to practice GST-launch in Parliament tomorrow

New Delhi, Jun 27 A mega practice has been arranged tomorrow in the Central Hall of Parliament in front of the historic GST launch on the midnight of June 30.

The practice, planned to be held at 10 PM, might be managed by either Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, his delegates Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and S Ahluwalia, or Secretary Rajiv Yadav, official sources said today.

Officers worried from different offices including those from the fund service will be part of the rehearsal event, they said.

The occasion to launch the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be held in the circular-shaped Central Hall, which saw a capacity to mark 50 years of Independence, and attended by President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and a large group of senior ministers and bureaucrats, among others.

Mukherjee had piloted the first Constitutional Amendment Bill to bring GST in 2011 when he was finance minister with the pervious UPA administration.

Tomorrow's practice has been organised to guarantee that everything is efficient and there is smooth direct of the dispatch occasion, the sources said.

The final event is probably going to begin at 11 PM on June 30 and will be on till half past midnight the sources said.

Giving details of the headliner, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had a few days back said that the hour-long capacity will mirror the contribution made by different political gatherings and states to the progressive new duty administration.

Previous leaders Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will likewise be the piece of the occasion, they said.

All Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members have been invited as also chief ministers and state finance ministers, the sources said.