Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the work on the GST reform had started long before. She said, "Even before the last GST Council meeting held in Jaisalmer...PM Narendra Modi had called me and said, 'Ek baar aap GST dekh lo, make it convenient for businesses'." "Then during Budget...the PM reminded me and said, 'You're working on GST, right?'," she added.