Gst On Essential Goods

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  GST On Packaged Food, Essential Items After States Sought Levy: Official

  GST on pre-packaged goods/ food packets was levied after some states gave feedback of losing revenues they previously earned from levy of VAT on food items, a top government official said.

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  GST On Paneer, Butter, Masala Is Recipe For A Shashi Tharoor Meme

  Will paneer butter masala become costlier with the government raising Goods and Services Tax (GST) on some essential items? Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tucked in to the debate with his latest jibe against the Centre's move with a meme.

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  Kerala Won't Impose GST On Essential Items Sold By Small Stores: Minister

  Amid growing protest over the imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on essential commodities, Kerala government on Tuesday said it does not intend to tax items sold by entities like Kudumbashree, or small stores in 1 or 2 kg packets.

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  GST Rate Hike From Today, These Essential Items Will Get Costlier

  The recommendations on Goods and Services Tax rates that were made during the 47th GST Council meeting held in June come into effect today.

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  GST Council Cuts Rates On COVID Supplies, No Tax On Black Fungus Medicine

  GST Council Meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, reduced the tax rates on major COVID-related essential items, however, vaccines will continue to attract a five per cent GST

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  GST Council Meet: Tax Cut On COVID Essentials, Black Fungus Medicine On Agenda

  GST Council Meeting 2021: In the previous GST Council meeting, the tax was exempted on the import of Amphotericin B, a medicine used for the treatment of black fungus infection.

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  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Slams Centre For Excluding Congress Members From GST Group

  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday slammed the centre for allegedly keeping out the members of Congress-ruled states from the group of ministers (GoM) constituted by the GST Council for exemption of tax on essential goods related t

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  Black Fungus Medicine Exempted From Tax: Key Takeaways From GST Council Meet

  GST Council Meeting Key Takeaways: Finance Minister announced that the integrated goods and services tax (IGST) is exempted on free COVID-related essential items till August 31, 2021.

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  GST Council To Discuss Tax Rate On COVID Essentials, Compensation To States

  The Council, which is headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and includes representatives of all states and Union territories, is meeting for the first time in nearly eight months.

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  Centre "Can Afford Small Loss": Shashi Tharoor For No Tax On Essentials

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking to waive goods and services tax (GST) and other taxes on essential supplies. "I urge that manufacturers should still be allowed input tax credit so that the purchase price is unaffected. Govt can afford this small loss in a good cause," Mr Tharoor said.

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  "Milk And Mercedes Can't Be Taxed At Same GST Rate": PM's Dig At Congress

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today ruled out a single tax rate under the GST, saying Mercedes car and milk cannot be taxed at the same rate adding that accepting Congress party' demand for a uniform 18 per cent rate would lead to a spike in food and essential items' taxation.

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  GST To Boost GDP; Significant Risks In Short Term: Fitch

  The four slab Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out from July 1. The new regime taxes various goods and services at 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, while keeping essential commodities out.

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  GST Rates On Essential Goods For Common Man - A Detailed List

  Items such as unbranded atta/maida/besan, unpacked food grains, milk, eggs, curd, lassi, fresh vegetables and contraceptives are among the items exempted from GST, the CBEC said.

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  Opinion: Football Jersey No 110 for Arun Jaitley, Please

  After sterling and cross-party work to bring the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime into effect, it was disappointing that the BJP-led government introduced the GST Bills in Parliament as Money Bills. This allowed it to essentially bypass the Rajya Sabha, ignore its views, and let the government romp home on the basis of its Lok Sabha majority.

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  Keeping Fingers Crossed On Breakthrough In GST Council: Arun Jaitley

  For the third time in one month, the GST Council today failed to break deadlock over control of assessees under the new indirect tax regime, an issue that has been holding up supporting bills essential for the GST rollout from April 1 next year.