Telangana Dy CM Bhatti urges Centre to protect states' revenue interests in GST reforms

New Delhi/ Hyderabad, Oct 8 (UNI) Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu on Thursday urged the Centre to protect the revenue interests of states while undertaking GST reforms and called for simpler compliance for honest taxpayers along with zero tolerance towards deliberate tax evasion. Addressing the 57th GST Council meeting, Bhatti said mutual trust between the Centre and states was the foundation of the GST system and major changes should be brought through consultation and consensus. He said states had surrendered a significant part of their taxation powers with the expectation that a unified national market…