GST Council likely to rationalise tax rates on mobile phones, footwear and textiles

12 Mar 2020 Evaluate

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to rationalise tax rates on five sectors, including mobile phones, footwear and textiles, and defer implementation of the new return filing system and e-invoicing. The proposals will be discussed at the council’s meeting on March 14.

The Council would also discuss operational glitches on the GST Network portal and seek a resolution plan from Infosys, which has won the contract for managing back-end for GSTN in 2015. Further, ways to augment revenue collection would also be discussed as the Centre has made it clear to the states that it does not have money in compensation funds to pay off the states for loss in revenue due to the GST implementation.

Further, it would discuss the integration of the GST e-way bill system with the NHAI's FASTag mechanism from April to help track movement of goods and check GST evasion, while also discuss preparedness for Aadhaar-based authentication of GST-registered taxpayers.  Also, it will decide on lottery offers under GST from April 1 by conducting lucky draws every month for invoices of all business-to-customer (B2C) transactions.

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