With proposed implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir triggering a massive controversy, minister of finance Haseeb Drabu on Thursday said a “false bogey” of dilution of state’s fiscal autonomy has been raised by “vested interests to distort the genuine debate” over bringing the state under the new tax regime. “Far from eroding the special constitutional position, we are seeking to empower the J&K’s Legislative Assembly. If our government has any malafide intent, why would we bring it to the Assembly for a debate,” Drabu said,…
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