After 10-hour long debate, the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Constitution (124 Amendment) Bill, 2019 that will provide 10% reservation to the economically weaker section of the General category in jobs and education. Earlier, on Tuesday, the Bill was passed with an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha. In the Upper House, the Bill was passed with only 7 members from the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian Union Muslim League voting against it. In other big news, the GST Council will meet today. This will be the 32nd meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council. The meeting is likely to discuss the recommendations of the two ministerial panels among other issues. The ministerial panel under minister of state for finance Shiv Pratap Shukla has deliberated on the exemption threshold for MSME sector.
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