After proposing a bundle of path-breaking changes in the last meeting, the 32nd meeting of the GST Council will be held in January 2019 before the introduction of Budget.
The 31st GST Council meeting held in New Delhi had not addressed certain points and postponed some decision to the next meeting.
The council, on 22nd December, had discussed a proposal to extend the benefit of composition scheme to small traders also. It was also said that the threshold limit for the benefit will also be rationalized. However, a final decision in this regard would be taken on the next meeting.
The issues of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were also untouched. While addressing the media after the last council meeting, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said that this will be discussed in the next meeting.
Another significant decision to be taken by the GST Council would be on the Natural Calamity Cess proposed by Kerala after the flood. A final decision is yet to be taken as some of the States are opposing the levy.
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