DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
19 December, 2019
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Syllabus subtopic:
Prelims and Mains focus: on the key decisions taken in the GST Council meeting and their significance; GST Council and its structure
News: Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, the federal indirect tax body, broke from its tradition of consensus-based decision-making to vote on a proposal for imposing a uniform tax rate on lotteries.
Why this change happen?
The decision to go for voting was taken after efforts by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to build consensus on the proposal failed as states were divided on the issue and one Kerala insisted on voting.
What did the Council decide?
GST Council
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is governed by the GST Council. Article 279 (1) of the amended Indian Constitution states that the GST Council has to be constituted by the President within 60 days of the commencement of Article 279A.
According to the article, GST Council will be a joint forum for the Centre and the States. It consists of the following members:
Source: mint
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