GST Council to meet on Aug 2 over issue of online gaming, casinos, horse racing

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will meet via videoconferencing on August 2 to take a final call on the levy of 28 per cent GST on online gaming, casinos and horse racing, even as officials maintained that there is no backtracking on the proposal. The details regarding the required legal amendment and tweaks in rules will be put up before the Council at the meeting, a senior government of…