Punjab threatens to walk out of uniform GST rates

In his most scathing attack on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime so far, Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal warned the GST council on Saturday that the state may have “no option but to fall out of line” going by the alarming shortfall in its revenue. “Among finance ministers who should be more worried on the revenue account, I must be right at the top. Punjab’s revenue gap after GST is s…