<h1>Centre Rejects State Finance Ministers' Demands to Alter GST Structure; Emphasizes Importance of GST Council and Dispute Settlement Body.</h1> The Finance Ministry is unlikely to agree to the demands of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for changes to the basic structure of the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Centre insists that any alterations would be unacceptable. A Finance Ministry official emphasized that the Dispute Settlement Body and GST Council are fundamental to the GST framework. Despite the Centre drafting a Constitution Amendment Bill for GST implementation, state finance ministers oppose the establishment of a GST Council chaired by the Union Finance Minister to make collective decisions on indirect taxes.