FM Nirmala Sitharaman to chair 40th GST council meeting through video conferencing today

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 40th GST council meeting through video conferencing today. This meeting of the GST council will be for the first time after the nationwide lockdown and the council is expected to discuss the revenue shortfall and the compensation to states. In the last meeting in March, Ms Sitharaman had said that the Centre will look into the legality of GST Coun…