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GST Council meet: Congress to demand inclusion of petrol, real estate

The Congress will demand that cement, paints, varnishes and construction materials, and other mastics, painters' fillings also be brought under GST's ambit

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Archis Mohan New Delhi
At the meeting of GST Council on Thursday, the Congress will demand that petrol and petroleum products and real estate be brought within the ambit of the goods and services tax (GST).
 
Thursday’s meeting has an agenda running into over 320 pages, of which 80 pages were sent to state finance ministers barely 24 hours before the meeting, allowing little time for them to study the proposals, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said on Wednesday.
 
The Congress will demand that cement, paints, varnishes, and construction materials, like glaziers’ putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other