GST Council:
The GST Council was constituted on 15th September 2016 under Article 279A of the Constitution. It consists of the Union Finance Minister (Chairperson), Union Minister of the State in charge of Revenue of Finance and the Minister in charge of Finance or Taxation or may other Minister nominated by each State Government. Union Revenue Secretary is the ex-officio Secretary to the GST Council. The working of GST Council has ushered in a New Phase of Cooperative Federalism where the Central and the State Government work together to take collective decision on all issues relating to Indirect Tax regime of the country. In 34 meetings of GST Council 1064 decisions have been taken. The decisions includes interalia the issues related to GST laws, rules, GST rates on goods and services, compensation, taxation threshold, composition scheme, MSME, real estate, hotel, and lottery etc.
The details of 34 GST Council Meetings:
Meeting | Date | Place |
1. | 22nd & 23rd September, 2016 | New Delhi |
2. | 30th September, 2016 | New Delhi |
3. | 18th & 19th October, 2016 | New Delhi |
4. | 3rd & 4th November, 2016 | New Delhi |
5. | 2nd & 3rd December, 2016 | New Delhi |
6. | 11th December, 2016 | New Delhi |
7. | 22nd & 23rd December, 2016 | New Delhi |
8. | 3rd & 4th January, 2017 | New Delhi |
9. | 16th January, 2017 | New Delhi |
10. | 18th February, 2017 | Udaipur |
11. | 4th March, 2017 | New Delhi |
12. | 16th March, 2017 | New Delhi |
13. | 31st March, 2017 | New Delhi |
14. | 18th & 19th May, 2017 | Srinagar |
15. | 3rd June, 2017 | New Delhi |
16. | 11th June, 2017 | New Delhi |
17. | 18th June, 2017 | New Delhi |
18. | 30th June, 2017 | New Delhi |
19. | 17th July, 2017 | Video Conference (VC) |
20. | 05th August, 2017 | New Delhi |
21. | 09th September, 2017 | Hyderabad |
22. | 06th October, 2017 | New Delhi |
23. | 10th November, 2017 | Guwahati |
24. | 16th December 2017 | VC |
25. | 18th January, 2018 | New Delhi |
26. | 10th March 2018 | New Delhi |
27. | 4th May, 2018. | VC |
28. | 21st July 2018 | New Delhi |
29. | 04th August 2018 | New Delhi |
30. | 28th September, 2018 | VC |
31. | 22nd December, 2018 | New Delhi |
32. | 10th January, 2019 | New Delhi |
33. | 24th February 2019 | New Delhi |
34. | 19th March 2019 | VC |