The Delhi Assembly on the second day of the Monsoon session, passed the ‘Delhi Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2021’. However, the Assembly also faced opposition from the BJP over the bill’s introduction and passage on the same day.
While introducing the bill, Manish Sisodia, the Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister said that the bill is about 15 new amendments to the Delhi GST Act and these changes will help smoothen the working of traders.
“GST is a new law; it has come to our notice that some people have been evading tax. So, some amendments are aimed at plugging tax evasion,” he said.
Sisodia said one of the amendments does away with the need for a mandatory audit of registered traders with a turnover of 1.5 crore and above.
As the bill was being introduced, BJP MLA Vijender Gupta objected to the government bringing the bill, discussing it and passing it the same day.
