Sitharaman and state finance ministers meet ahead of the GST Council meeting

New Delhi, December 30, : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met on Thursday with counterparts from all States and Union Teritories in the context of pre-Budget consultations.

According to a Ministry of Finance statement, "Most participants thanked Union Finance Minister for financial support during the worst month of pandemic by increasing borrowing limits, providing back-to-back loans to states and through special assistance for capital spending." "The participants made many suggestions for the Union Finance Minister to include in the budget speech.

" Sitharaman was a chairperson of several meetings pre-Budget with various industry organizations and stakeholders earlier in December.This consultation is taking place one day before the 46th GST Council meeting which will be held here at 11 AM on Friday.

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