Calamity cess on GST: plan on Govt table to tide over Covid crisis

In line with the disaster relief cess introduced in Kerala last year following the monsoon floods of 2018, the central government is considering a calamity cess on Goods and Services Tax (GST) to tide over the economic crisis triggered by the  coronavirus   pandemic ,  The Indian Express  has learnt. Sources said that a proposal to raise additional revenue from GST, excluding g…