Govt may pay advance for langar GST

The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department will most likely be paying an advance amount to the SGPC, which can be used to pay the GST on purchase of items used in langar served at Darbar Sahib in Amritsar.A state government cannot waive even its own share of the GST levied on any item. But it can refund its own share, after it is paid by the assessee. Ideally, as is proposed in neighbouring Haryana…