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GST Council: Kerala to oppose move to increase tax on coconut oil

Kerala will oppose the move to increase the tax on coconut oil as it will affect the interests of the people of the state, official sources said here on Thursday.

Sitharaman to address media at 5pm, may speak on bad bank proposal

Finance Minister to speak in Delhi ahead of GST council meeting in to Lucknow tomorrow.

GST Council likely to reject CCI plea for exemption of indirect tax

Fitment committee recommends rejecting MoSPI request for a waiver

GST Council may deliver blow to food-delivery operators Swiggy, Zomato

Many restaurants are not depositing GST, while some are not even registered

Hike tax on tobacco to reduce affordability, protect children: K'taka body

Consortium for Tobacco-Free Karnataka and other organizations working on tobacco regulation on Tuesday urged the GST council to hike the compensation cess on all tobacco products

GST Council to weigh bringing fuel under indirect tax regime: Report

Any change to the GST system would require approval by three-fourths of the panel, which includes representatives from all states and territories

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GST Council may allow intra-state pharma cess, discuss states' dues

It may discuss extending the compensation cess for states beyond 2022

No FTA with nations you have armed conflict with: Fin secy on RCEP decision

Somanathan said that a dose of carefully calibrated tariff protection for select sectors showing potential may be desirable

GST Council special session will be held on compensation-related issues: FM

She also said that the flow of Covid-19 vaccination across the country will be well managed and all states will be taken care of

Four years of GST

Some distance covered but there is scope for a huge improvement

GST at four: A dive into the milestones and the unfinished agenda

GST Council must maintain revenue momentum, simplify rate structure, and strengthen cooperative federalism in spirit and letter

GST Council meets become toxic, consider course correction: Mitra to FM

West Bengal minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to consider a "course correction" to rebuild faith.

GST: A turning point?

The recent upsurge in revenues offers the prospect of the country breaking out of the long-stagnant tax-to-GDP ratio

GST Council becoming authoritarian and majoritarian: Bengal FM Amit Mitra

Mitra said that the GST Council was the only federalist institution, but in the last few years, an omnipotent, authoritarian and majoritarian approach was creeping into the GST Council.

GST Council has turned majoritarian, decisions not by consensus: Amit Mitra

Decisions were no longer taken on the basis of a consensus as originally envisaged: Mitra

After the GST cut

Council should address structural shortfall in revenue

GST Council to meet Saturday, discuss tax exemption on Covid-19 essentials

The council meet is expected to deliberate the exemption and concession on Covid-19 related items

GoM on Covid items should focus on people's interests

The GoM will give its findings by June 8 and the GST Council will take suitable decisions soon.

Do not politicise GST Council: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The government is conscious of the intensity of the second wave of Covid-19 and is assessing its full impact before coming out with further packages and interventions, says FM Sitharaman