Group of ministers says GST Council to seek states' views on 'disaster tax'

A ministerial panel on levying calamity  cess Monday said the NDRF fund was not sufficient to meet relief work expenses in the wake of natural calamities and decided to seek states' views on whether a state-specific or a nationwide 'disaster tax' should be levied under the GST. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, who heads the seven-member group of ministers (GoM), said the panel would a…