Packed agenda for GST Council today
The Hindu
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The crucial meeting of the GST Council to decide on extending tax concession to 11 COVID-19 drugs and review tax rates of over 4-dozen items, like oncology medicine and coconut oil, began in Lucknow on Friday.
The 45th meeting of the GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state finance ministers, is the first physical meeting since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The last such meeting took place 20 months ago on December 18, 2019.
Friday's meeting does not have the provision of video conferencing and almost all state finance ministers, except Gujarat, are attending the meeting.
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