NEW DELHI: India hopes to pass a national Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the second half of parliament's budget session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday. <br /><br />Indian parliament's budget session is currently under recess and will resume on April 20. <br /><br />Investors and manufacturers have long advocated the GST as a way to simplify taxes while broadening the tax base, adding as much as 2 percentage points to economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive