Council to finalise tax rates of remaining goods on Saturday

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will finalise the contours of the new indirect tax system on Saturday, in its 15th meeting as it is slated to be rolled out in the next four weeks. The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to approve amendments to the draft GST rules. Rates of few contentious items such as textiles, footwear, gold, beedis and cigarettes, biscuits, bio-…