In the previous meeting on May 28, the Council, which has state ministers as members, a Group of Ministers (GoM) was set up to recommend tax relief on COVID essentials, including PPE kits, masks and vaccines, to the GST council.
GST Council to meet on Saturday, discuss tax cut on COVID-19 essentials, black fungus medicine
Officials said the GST Council would be meeting on June 12, to discuss the GoM report as well as consider tax rate cuts for black fungus medicine
PTI | June 10, 2021 | Updated 14:21 IST
The all-powerful GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on June 12 to decide on GST rate cut for COVID essentials and black fungus medicine, according to officials. In the previous meeting on May 28, the Council, which has state ministers as members, a Group of Ministers (GoM) was set up to recommend tax relief on COVID essentials, including PPE kits, masks and vaccines, to the GST council.
GST Council to Meet on June 12 to Discuss Tax Cuts on COVID Essentials, Black Fungus Meds
Some state Finance Ministers in the GoM are understood to have pitched for a rate cut on COVID-19 essentials.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Photo: Twitter/@nsitharaman
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New Delhi: The all-powerful GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on June 12 to decide on GST rate cut for COVID-19 essentials and black fungus medicine, according to officials.
In the previous meeting on May 28, the Council, which has state ministers as members, a Group of Ministers (GoM) was set up to recommend tax relief on COVID-19 essentials, including PPE kits, masks and vaccines, to the GST council.