GST Council should consider lowering tax on household insecticides to 5 pc: EY-HICA reportA new report recommends lowering the Goods and Services Tax on household insecticides. The current 18 percent rate could be reduced to 5 pe...
24 Apr, 2026, 02.32 PM IST
PM's three-hour Manipur visit an insult to people, says Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary, has criticised Prime Minister Modi's planned three-hour visit to Manipur on September 13, deemin...
08 Sep, 2025, 10.33 AM IST
Health Issue: Cos seek 5% GST on water purifiersWater purifier manufacturers are advocating for a reduction in GST rates on their products, currently at 12% or higher, to be reclassified ...
28 Aug, 2025, 11.46 PM IST
GST council’s role only recommendatory, not binding, asserts Madras High CourtThis decision is significant as it provides support to taxpayers facing GST demands solely based on council discussions or clarificatory ci...
22 Nov, 2023, 01.00 PM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to chair the 52nd GST Council Meeting todayFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 52nd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting in New Delhi. The meeting will be atte...
07 Oct, 2023, 12.51 PM IST
GST Council Meet: GST rate on millet-based products slashed to 5%The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to reduce the GST on millet flour food preparations from 18% to 5%. The fitment commit...
07 Oct, 2023, 12.44 PM IST
GST Council to meet over eGaming amendments; Meta’s Nick Clegg on AI’s role in tech & moreAfter a long, dark funk, the online gaming industry in India might have something to cheer for, albeit prematurely. The Goods and Services ...
27 Jul, 2023, 08.11 AM IST
Remembering Arun Jaitley on sixth anniversary of GSTGST is acclaimed as the biggest taxation reform since independence. This has now been borne out of results achieved in the last 6 years of ...
30 Jun, 2023, 11.57 PM IST
GST exemptions on some items set to be removedThese items are currently exempt from GST. The council also accepted the recommendations of another ministerial panel on stricter scrutiny ...
29 Jun, 2022, 04.41 AM IST
GST Council presses for extending tenure of National Anti Profiteering AuthorityThere were reports that the NAA will be merged with Competition Commission of India. The GST council has agreed for detail review of the ma...
28 Jun, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
SC verdict on GST Council upholds federal rights of States: Kerala FMSC held that the Centre and State governments have simultaneous powers to legislate on GST but the Council must work in a harmonious manner...
20 May, 2022, 11.51 AM IST
Opposition-ruled states say GST verdict upholds federal rightsTamil Nadu finance minister P Thiaga Rajan said the judgement was in line with what he had been flagging and would discuss the way forward ...
20 May, 2022, 08.48 AM IST
Arun Jaitley favours GST council-like structure for healthcare, agricultureThe GST Council is chaired by the finance minister and comprises finance ministers of all states.
21 Mar, 2019, 06.53 AM IST
P Chidambaram credits Congress state finance ministers "for sorting out GST mess"Taking to Twitter, he lauded the efforts of the six Congress finance ministers who were actively helping the GST Council.
11 Jan, 2019, 01.18 PM IST
Opposition plans to push for GST amendment in Rajya SabhaSources said senior RS members of Trinamool, Samajwadi Party and Congress are in touch to try to force an amendment into the GST legislatio...
31 Mar, 2017, 01.47 AM IST
Government to soon introduce 5 bills for implementation of GSTThe Union Cabinet this week cleared four supplementary Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislations which will be introduced in Parliament in ...
22 Mar, 2017, 10.54 PM IST
GST council secretariat to have IRS officersThe Finance Minister has assured them that composition of the GST council secretariat would be looked into, the association said in a state...
20 Sep, 2016, 01.17 PM IST