GST Council, chaired by Arun Jaitley, which comprises of finance ministers of all the states and union territories across India, will have its 15th meeting to discuss GST rates on Gold and other precious metals. GST is set to be implemented from July 1st.
Other items, which are not yet kept in any of the GST slabs, including textile, footwear, biscuits will also be under discussion when the council meets at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday, June 3rd.
In a statement, Finance ministry announced the schedule of the 15th GST meeting and added that the meeting is important as GST implementation is in final stages and there are less than 4 weeks remaining before GST finally becomes a reality. It is also important to discuss and finalise the rates on goods and services which remained in the 14th meeting held in Sri Nagar last month.