GST Council meet: GoM pitches for 'specific tax levy' on pan masala, gutkha

A group of ministers (GoM) tasked by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to look into capacity-based taxation for evasion-prone commodities like pan-masala and gutkha has proposed a “specific tax-based levy”, which is to be linked to their retail prices. At present, these commodities attract 28 per cent GST plus an ad valorem compensation cess. The ministerial panel, led b…