GST Council to reduce rates on common use items in meeting this week

The GST Council may consider lowering tax rates on a host of items, such as handmade furniture, plastic products and daily use items like shampoo, and simplify return filing rules, in its meeting on 10 November. The GST Council, headed by finance minister Arun Jaitley, is scheduled to meet on 10 November to consider lowering of the 28% GST rate on certain common use items, government officials sai…