Settling two contentious issues —definition of territorial waters and administration of interstate transfers —appears key to the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the second half of the Budget session, beginning in the second week of March. Issues over compensation law were cleared by the GST Council last week. It will take up the remaining Bills —Central GST, State GST and Integrated IGST —on March 4 and 5. Resolving these issues would make way for the July 1 rollout of the uniform indirect tax legislation. The Council has sought the views ofalaw committee on the matter. "All GST laws are being vetted. There are areas of concern. Constitutional conflicts that will have to be carefully negotiated," saidasenior government official. On the issue of territorial waters, the Centre has agreed to give states the power to collect taxes on economic activities within 12 nautical miles. But it did not agree to treat these areas as part of the relevant state´s te