Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of the people of Uttarakhand for the recent Goods and Services Tax reforms, which will come into effect from Monday.
Works for the recently-unveiled next-generation GST reforms had started around one-and-a-half years ago, and it has nothing to do with any external factors, Union minister and BJP leader Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters Saturday, addressing a press conference from the party headquarters.