FM thanks states for GST support

"Yesterday, I have written a letter to each finance minister thanking them, saying, you can have any number of intense discussions and arguments, but finally, the Council rose to the occasion and gave relief to the people of India.

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And, I am grateful for that gesture," she said. The panel was to meet for two days starting September 3 to discuss the proposal made by the Centre but ended up approving it on the very first day after a daylong meeting.

"So the sense of the house was, this is a proposal which is going to undoubtedly benefit the common man. There is no point in standing against it...Ultimately everybody came together for a good cause, and I'm truly very grateful," Sitharaman said.