Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to be sitting on the proposal, while requests continue to flow in from states to add more names to the delegation.
The 15-day foreign trip by the empowered committee to study the goods and services tax is not likely to pass the muster of the Prime Minister's Office without some tough questions being asked, especially in the time of austerity.
The tour is just one of the many issues that have caught the eye of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh since he took charge of the finance portfolio in June-end after Pranab Mukherjee resigned to contest the Presidential election.
Since then, Singh has already initiated the process of revisiting some of the measures proposed by Mukherjee.
It started with the General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR), but did not confine to direct tax issues alone.
A file on Central Sales Tax compensation to states, cleared by Mukherjee just before leaving the ministry, was referred to the Prime Minister. The PMO raised some queries on the file, which were replied
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