Finance Minister Arun Jaitley offered to discuss with Congress, the changes in the GST bill but counselled the party to reconsider its suggestions. He said that some of the suggestions can

“damage” the system much more than it can benefit. The move comes as the government needs Parliament approval for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the winter session beginning

Thursday. Jaitley’s comments came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed his government’s commitment to rolling out the GST among the slew of reform measures being pursued by the Centre.

The Finance Minister also said that those stalling reforms should realise that space for obsolete thinking is now shrinking and those who support reforms is much bigger than those who