New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Eight opposition-ruled states have urged the Centre to set up a group of ministers (GoM) to assess revenue losses arising from the goods and services (GST) slab rationalization and explore possible compensation mechanisms, Rajesh Dharmani, Himachal Pradesh's town and country planning minister, told Mint on Thursday.

Dharmani, who represented the state at the 56th GST Council meeting in New Delhi on 3 September, said revenue protection has become critical for states in view of mounting fiscal pressures.

"As far as the GST rationalization is concerned, there was no difference of opinion at all; all states supported it," he said.

"But simultaneously, every state(s), including BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)-ruled states...