The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the promulgation of the Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu & Kashmir) Ordinance, 2017 and replacement of the Ordinance by the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

The Ordinance has extended the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 referred to as (CGST Act) to the State of Jammu & Kashmir.

The Ordinance has been promulgated on 8th July, 2017 and the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017 will be tabled in the current session of the Parliament.

Extension of Central Goods and Services Tax to Jammu and Kashmir approved, to be formalized by an amendment bill. An ordinance extended provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 to Jammu and Kashmir, the executive gave ex post facto approval for that ordinance, and the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017 will be tabled in Parliament to replace the ordinance.