Summary: The Goods and Services Tax Council Secretariat has issued Office Memorandum F.No.1392/57th GSTCM/GSTC/2026 dated 28.08.2026 giving notice of the 57th Meeting of the GST Council. The meeting is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Saturday, 12th September, 2026, from 11:00 A.M. onwards. The memorandum is issued by the Goods and Services Tax Council, a constitutional body constituted under Article 279A of the Constitution of India, whose office is stated to be at the 5th Floor, Tower-II, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Circus, New Delhi – 110001.
In addition to the main Council meeting, an Officers’ Meeting is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Friday, 11th September, 2026, from 11:00 A.M. onwards. The memorandum states that the details of the venue and agenda items for both the 57th GST Council Meeting and the Officers’ Meeting will be communicated in due course. Accordingly, the supplied memorandum itself does not specify the agenda or venue beyond New Delhi.
The memorandum further directs that the invitation be conveyed to the Hon’ble Members of the GST Council to attend the 57th GST Council Meeting. It has been signed by Arvind Shrivastava, Secretary to the Government of India and ex-officio Secretary to the GST Council, with the stated telephone number 011 24012501.
Copies of the memorandum have been addressed to the Personal Secretary to the Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Government of India, with a request to brief the Hon’ble Minister about the meeting; the Personal Secretary to the Hon’ble Minister of State (Finance), Government of India; the Chief Secretaries of all State Governments and the Union Territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir; the Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), as a permanent invitee to the proceedings of the Council; and the Chief Executive Officer, GSTN. The communication also requests the Chief Secretaries to intimate the concerned Minister in charge of Finance/Taxation or another Minister nominated by the State Government as Member of the GST Council about the meeting. The supplied material does not state any specific decision, proposal, tax-rate change, exemption, compliance measure or other substantive agenda item for the 57th meeting.
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX COUNCIL
5th Floor, Tower-II, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Circus, New Delhi – 110001
Tel: +91-11-23762656, Fax: +91-11-23738814
Email: [email protected], Web: www.gstcouncil.gov.in
F. No.1392/57th GSTCM/GSTC/2026 | Dated: 28.08.2026
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject- Notice for the 57th GST Council Meeting to be held on 12th September, 2026-reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to the above subject and to convey that the 57th Meeting of the GST Council will be held on 12th September, 2026 at New Delhi. The schedule of the meeting is as follows:-
- Saturday, 12th September, 2026, from 11:00 A.M. onwards
2. In addition, an Officers’ Meeting will be held on 11th September, 2026 at New Delhi as per the following schedule:
- Friday, 11th September, 2026 from 11:00 A.M. onwards
3. The details of the venue of the meeting and agenda items for the 57th Meeting of the GST Council and Officers’ Meeting will be communicated in due course of time.
4. Kindly convey the invitation to the Hon’ble Member of the GST Council to attend the 57th Meeting of the GST Council.
-Sd-
(Arvind Shrivastava)
Secretary to the Govt. of India and
ex-officio Secretary to the GST Council
Tel: 011 24012501
Copy to:
1. PS to the Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Government of India, Kartavya Bhawan-I, New Delhi with request to brief Hon’ble Minister about the above said meeting.
2. PS to the Hon’ble Minister of State (Finance), Government of India, Kartavya Bhawan-I, New Delhi with request to brief Hon’ble Minister about the above said meeting.
3. The Chief Secretaries of all the State Governments, Union Territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir with the request to intimate the Minister in charge of Finance / Taxation or any other Minister nominated by the State Government as Member of the GST Council about the above said meeting.
4. The Chairman, CBIC, Kartavya Bhawan-I, New Delhi as a permanent invitee to the proceeding of the Council
5. The Chief Executive Officer, GSTN.
