GST council meeting to be held on May 28

NEW DELHI: The Union finance ministry on Saturday announced that the next meeting of the GST Council will be held on May 28 after criticism from various opposition party-ruled states over the meeting not being convened for over seven months.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 43rd meeting of the GST Council on May 28. “Smt @nsitharaman will chair the 43rd GST Council meeting via video conferencing at 11 AM in New Delhi on 28th May 2021. The meeting will be attended by MOS Shri @ianuragthakur besides Finance Ministers of States & UTS and Senior officers from Union Government & States,” her office tweeted.

The GST Council last met on October 5, 2020 to finalise contours of borrowings by states to meet shortfall in tax revenues. The meeting got extended and ended on October 12.

West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra earlier this week wrote to Sitharaman seeking urgent convening of the meeting to discuss the issue of compensation shortfall to states and other pending items.