GST Council scraps tax on millet flour
Food preparations in powder form containing at least 70 per cent millets will not have to pay any GST, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
In a relief for the textile sector, the GST Council, which met here today under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, deferred the hike in GST on textiles from 5 per cent to 12 per cent.
“Consequently, the existing GST rates in the textile sector would continue beyond 1st January, 2022,” the Finance Ministry said.
The Council, it is learnt, will take a review of the deferment in February.
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Yesterday, several states flagged higher tax rates on textile products from January 1 and demanded that the rate hike be put on hold. In the pre-budget meeting chaired by Sitharaman, states like Gujarat, West Bengal, Delhi, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, said that they were not in favour of a hike in GST.
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