Centre may call GST meeting this month as states seek rate cuts on essential medical items

The Centre may call a meeting of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council within the next few weeks, with the agenda likely to be tax rates on items that are essential in the fight against COVID-19. This comes even as a number of states have publicly asked that a GST Council meeting be held in order to reduce rates on essential items such as oxygen concentrators, ventilators, life-saving drugs, or…