Row brewing over GST demand on research grants

Chennai: A potential conflict is brewing between the Union and Tamil Nadu govts after the Chennai zonal unit of the directorate general of goods and services tax (GST) intelligence demanded that Anna University pay 5.4 crore GST on research grants received between 2017 and 2022.  The showcause notice from the Chennai zonal unit, based on data obtained from the Ministry of Education’s NI…