New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday chaired a meeting in New Delhi with representatives of major agricultural machinery associations to discuss the recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms in the sector.

Associations including the Tractor and Mechanisation Association (TMA), Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Association (AMMA), All India Combine Manufacturers Association (AICMA), and the Power Tiller Association of India (PTAI) participated in the deliberations.

Addressing the media after the meeting, Chouhan said the Centre's decision to reduce GST on agricultural machinery from the previous slabs of 12 and 18 percent to 5 percent, effect...