The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved the implementation of the Goods and Service Tax in the State and the bill associated with it will be tabled in the Assembly session commencing on May 15. If the Assembly ratifies the Bill, Uttar Pradesh will become the fifth State after Jharkhand, Telangana, Bihar and Rajasthan to adopt GST.

The Modi government is keen on rolling out GST from July 1.

The cabinet has approved the State Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017 and it will be passed by the State Assembly in the session commencing May 15,” UP minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said.