Traders Want GST on Gold to be Below 2%, Meet on June 3

The next fortnight is crucial for the gold trade in the country as it will make a last ditch effort to keep GST (goods and services tax) on gold below 2 per cent. Trade bodies are trying to meet Union finance minister Arun Jaitley , all state finance ministers and other senior bureaucrats and secretaries before June 3 when they will reconvene to fix the rate on gold. The GST Council , which had me…