Even as the government mulls the passage of the GST and the Constitutional Amendment Bill reaches the Parliament, the finance minister of Gujarat Saurabh Patel tells CNBC-TV18 that the states are yet to hear from the Centre on the proposed amendments.
Below is the transcript of Saurabh Patel's interview with CNBC-TV18's Sajeet Manghat.
Q: What is your take on the new Constitutional Amendment Bill?
A: Don’t have any answers to that. We have not received the copy of the new Constitutional Amendment Bill and in the empowered committee we will give the views to the Centre.
Q: Do you expect that the bill will be tabled in the winter session of parliament because if states haven’t been put on the reporting board?
A: I have not seen the bill, I have not heard from the Centre. Whatever I heard is what the finance minister has told the press?
Q: Are you comfortable with the compensation which the finance minister is offering?
A: In the last empowered group of ministers, we had made certain recommendations and I am sure in the new amendment after the necessary changes I hope the compensation mechanism would be in place.
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