<div dir="ltr"><br><div><a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bengaluru-civic-body-asks-centre-to-give-25percent-share-in-gst/1/1048944.html">http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bengaluru-civic-body-asks-centre-to-give-25percent-share-in-gst/1/1048944.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="padding:0px 0px 15px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54);font-stretch:normal;font-size:35px;line-height:38px;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;box-sizing:initial">Bengaluru civic body asks Centre to give 25% share in GST</h1><div class="gmail-strtitlealias" style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:17px;line-height:22px;font-family:roboto;box-sizing:initial"><h2 style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:22px;box-sizing:initial;color:rgb(91,91,91);font-weight:normal;font-size:17px"></h2></div><div class="gmail-divclear" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(115,115,115);font-family:roboto;font-size:18px;box-sizing:initial"></div><div class="gmail-newstory-stripsection gmail-clearfix" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(115,115,115);font-family:roboto;font-size:18px;box-sizing:initial"><div class="gmail-author-section gmail-clearfix" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;clear:both;box-sizing:initial"><div class="gmail-author-img" style="padding:0px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;width:44px;float:left;box-sizing:initial"><img src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/resources/images/defaultauthor-img.gif" width="44" alt="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: initial;"></div><div class="gmail-autherninfo" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;width:auto;float:left;box-sizing:initial"><div class="gmail-authername" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(138,136,137);line-height:25px;box-sizing:initial"><a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/author/PTI/1.html" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 0px;margin:0px;text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;color:rgb(25,57,130);font-size:14px;float:left;box-sizing:initial">PTI</a></div><div class="gmail-story-timedate" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(151,151,151);line-height:15px;float:left;box-sizing:initial">September 15, 2017 | UPDATED 20:40 IST</div></div></div><div class="gmail-font-incer" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial"><div class="gmail-size_inc_dec" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;float:right;width:60px;line-height:10px;box-sizing:initial"><a style="padding:3px;margin:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(136,134,135);font-size:14px;box-sizing:initial">A +</a><a style="padding:3px;margin:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(136,134,135);font-size:14px;box-sizing:initial">A -</a></div></div></div><div class="gmail-divclear" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(115,115,115);font-family:roboto;font-size:18px;box-sizing:initial"></div><div class="gmail-mediumcontent" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(115,115,115);font-family:roboto;box-sizing:initial"><div class="gmail-divclear" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;clear:both;box-sizing:initial"></div><div class="gmail-ad-blocker-ajax" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;width:652px;box-sizing:initial"><div class="gmail-right-story-container" style="padding:0px;margin:20px 0px 0px;width:652px;float:right;box-sizing:initial"><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial"><p style="padding:20px 0px 0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial">revenue</p><p style="padding:20px 0px 0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial">Bengaluru, Sep 15 (PTI) The taxation and finance committee of the civic body of Bengaluru today passed a resolution asking the Centre to give 25 per cent share in the GST revenue generated from its municipal area.</p><p style="padding:20px 0px 0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial">Talking to PTI, committee chairperson M K Gunashekar said the resolution passed by the committee will be tabled in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council and then it will be sent to the state government for forwarding it to the GST council for its approval.</p><div id="gmail-zdt_3644892_1_wrapper" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;height:2px;box-sizing:initial"><div id="gmail-containerDiv" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial"><div id="gmail-mainPlayerDiv" class="gmail-zg-mainContainer" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial"><div id="gmail-WrapperAdPlayers" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;width:0px;height:0px;box-sizing:initial"><div id="gmail-3644892_1_NonGuaranteed" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;width:0px;height:0px;box-sizing:initial"><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial"><div id="gmail-3644892_1_NonGuaranteed0" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="padding:20px 0px 0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial">"Ever since the GST has been implemented our resources have dried up and we are unable to meet our obligatory duties such as maintaining roads, streetlights, water supply, building infrastructure, managing schools et al. Hence, we have asked the Centre to provide us 25 per cent share of the GST collected from the city," Gunashekar said.</p><p style="padding:20px 0px 0px;margin:0px;box-sizing:initial">The panel head claimed that a high power committee headed by M S Ahluwalia and the then Union urban development minister and now vice president <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/people/m.-venkaiah-naidu/20102.html" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(25,57,132);font-size:14px;box-sizing:initial;text-decoration-line:none">Venkaiah Naidu</a> too had endorsed giving 25 per cent of the revenue to the municipal bodies once the GST was implemented. PTI GMS RA BN</p></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>