GST: GoM on online gaming, casinos submits report to Nirmala Sitharaman

GST: GoM on online gaming, casinos submits report to Nirmala Sitharaman

The panel of state ministers set up by the GST Council to look into taxation of online gaming and casinos on Thursday submitted its report to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The GST Council, chaired by Sitharaman, may take up the report in its next meeting on Saturday (December 17). “Presented the Second Report of the … Read more

GoM to examine levy of GST at manufacturing stage for pan masala, brick kilns sectors

GoM to examine levy of GST at manufacturing stage for pan masala, brick kilns sectors

A state ministerial panel will look into the possibility of levying GST in evasion prone sectors like pan-masala, gutkha, and brick kilns on the basis of their manufacturing capacity. The seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) under Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will also examine charging GST on a reverse charge basis on mentha oil and … Read more

Harsh Vardhan stresses on COVID-19-appropriate behaviour during festival season, winter months

Harsh Vardhan stresses on COVID-19-appropriate behaviour during festival season, winter months

NEW DELHI: India has the highest COVID-19 recovery rate of 86.78 per cent globally with 62,27,295 recovered cases and the lowest fatality rate at 1.53 per cent, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. Vardhan, who chaired the 21th meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 via video-conference here, appealed to … Read more

Allowing e-way bills possible only for intra-state transportation of gold, not inter-state: GoM

Allowing e-way bills possible only for intra-state transportation of gold, not inter-state: GoM

NEW DELHI: States can make e-way bill mandatory for transportation of gold within the respective states but implementing it for inter-state movement across India will not be feasible, a state-ministerial panel suggested on Friday. The group of ministers (GoM), comprising finance ministers of Kerala, Bihar, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka and West Bengal, set up to examine … Read more