GST Council meet on Friday to take up Kerala’s demand for flood-relief cess

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in its 30th meeting on Friday, will take up the Kerala Government’s demand for imposing a cess to collect additional resources to meet the cost of rehabilitation and reconstruction after floods caused havoc in the State. This is the first time after introduction of the indirect tax regime last July a State is seeking imposition of cess. However, Finance Mi…