The 21st meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has begun under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Hyderabad this morning.The day-long meeting will discuss several aspects relating to the implementation of the GST including the IT systems of the Goods and Services Tax Network, the problems being encountered during the tax return filing process and the difficulties faced by industry in filing GST returns.
The council will also discuss during its deliberations over the demands for exempting unbranded agriculture produce and relief to branded agriculture produce from the current 5 per cent GST. Initially the Union Finance Minister held a meeting with the Finance Ministers of various states over the deliberations.
GST council will also take a final call over the demands raised by several states like Telangana to further reduce the GST on public interest projects like irrigation and road development.