Amit Shah hails Centre's move of announcing reservation for general category

BJP president Amit Shah Friday said the Modi government has "fulfilled" the dreams of crores of youths with 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the general category poor, and described the constitution amendment bill as one of the most important legislation passed by Parliament. Shad hailed the legislation in his inaugural address at the Bharatiya Janata Party's national convention, which started here Friday at Ramlila Maidan. This is one of the most important legislation Parliament has passed, he said.

With top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, present at the dais and close to 12,000 delegates present, Shah also hailed the GST Council's decision to double the limit for exemption from payment of goods and services tax (GST) to Rs 40 lakh. The Modi government has taken two big decisions in a week, Shah said. In a "massive relief" to small businesses, the GST Council Thursday doubled the limit for exemption from payment of GST to Rs 40 lakh and announced that the higher turnover cap of Rs 1.5 crore for availing composition scheme of paying 1 per cent tax will be effective from April 1.