End of consensus as GST Council takes voting route

In a marked departure from its tradition of taking consensus-based decisions to settle all matters, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Wednesday resorted to voting for the first time since its inception to levy a uniform 28% tax on both state-run and state-authorised lotteries. “On the issue of tradition, I just want to recollect that every attempt was made to keep the set tradition alive…