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    <author>ENA</author>
    <category>Economy</category>
    <date>2018-05-07 05:56:25</date>
    <fulldesc>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Delhi, May 7 (KNN)&lt;/strong&gt; The GST Council has constituted two group of Ministers to consider the issues relating to Incentivizing digital payments in the GST regime &amp;amp; Imposition of Cess on Sugar under GST.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Subsequent to the decisions taken in the 27th GST Council meeting held today (04.05.2018), two Group of Ministers (GoMs) have been constituted, Ministry of Finance said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The first GoM shall consider the issues relating to Incentivizing digital payments in the GST regime.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar is convenor and other members of this GoM are Nitinbhai Patel, Deputy Chief Minister, Gujarat; Capt. Abhimanyu, Excise &amp;amp; Taxation Minister, Haryana; Dr. Amit Mitra, Finance Minister, West Bengal and Shri Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister, Punjab.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The Second GoM shall consider issues relating to Imposition of Cess on Sugar under GST.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Himanta Biswa Sarma, Finance Minister of Assam is convenor and other members of this GoM  are Rajesh Agrawal, Finance Minister, Uttar Pradesh;  Sudhir Mungatiwar, Finance Minister, Maharashtra;  D. Jayakumar, Minister for Fisheries and Personnel &amp;amp; Administrative Reforms, Tamil Nadu and  Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister, Kerala.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Both the GoMs shall submit their reports within a period of 15 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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    <link>http://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/economy/2-groups-of-ministers-constituted-on-incentivizing-digital-payments-imposition-of-cess-on-sugar-under-gst</link>
    <pubDate>2018-05-07 05:56:25</pubDate>
    <source>knnindia.co.in</source>
    <title>2 Groups of Ministers constituted on incentivizing digital payments, imposition of Cess on Sugar under GST</title>
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