Assam to Hold Talks With Protesters Over ST Status Report

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says GoM will brief tribal groups amid unrest over proposed ST inclusion of six communities.
The New Indian Express

Govt to form GoM to address revenue losses by states due to GST cut

The GST Council is likely to soon set up a new Group of Ministers (GoM) to address the issues of initial revenue losses incurred by the states due to the rate rationalization under the Goods and ...
Aclu.org

Many States Regulate the Scanning of ID Barcodes; Why Don’t They Offer Similar Protections for Digital Driver’s Licenses?

Digital driver’s licenses — now being built in many states — have a big problem that almost nobody is addressing: the likelihood that once they make it very frictionless to share our ID, we are likely ...
The Tribune

GoM backs 2-slab structure for GST, Opposition flags revenue loss

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...
Hindustan Times

GoM nod for simpler GST, but some states flag compensation

A GoM approved reducing GST brackets from four to two, aiming to lower consumer taxes, but concerns over state revenue impacts remain. A group of ministers (GoM) approved, in principle, the Union ...
The Hindu

Centre’s two-rate GST proposal gets GoM nod

The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Rate Rationalisation, formed by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, has decided to accept the Centre’s two-rate structure proposal for GST and will be ...
Indiatimes

GST revamp on track: GoM backs Centre’s two-slab plan; accepts scrapping 12% and 28% rates

A Group of Ministers (GoM) has accepted a proposal to streamline the GST rate structure, reducing it from four slabs to two. The existing 12% and 28% rates would be eliminated, leaving standard rates ...
The Financial Express

GST reforms plan get a leg up with GoM nod

Paving the way for an overhaul of the eight-year-old goods and services tax (GST) regime, a group of ministers on rate rationalisation has given its nod to the Centre’s proposal for a reduction in tax ...
Business Today

Big GST reset: GoM clears two-slab plan; 90% goods may get cheaper

The Group of Ministers (GoM) on GST rate rationalisation has agreed to scrap the 12% and 28% slabs, moving towards a simplified two-rate structure of 5% and 18%. The decision, taken at a key meeting ...
The Financial Express

GoM accepts proposal to move to 5% and 18% GST rates; GST Council to take final call

GST rationalisation: The GoM on insurance has suggested that life and health insurance should not be taxed under GST. (Image: FE) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Convenor of GoM on GST, Samrat ...
moneycontrol.com

GoM approves Centre's GST rate rationalisation proposal, backing the proposed two-slab structure

This marks the first major step in implementing the "next-generation GST" reforms that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced in his Independence Day 2025 address. The Group of Ministers (GoM) on ...
The New Indian Express

GST Reforms: GoM supports two-slab structure, but flags the need to address revenue loss

NEW DELHI: In a significant move in the process of further simplifying India’s tax framework, the Group of Ministers (GoM) has reportedly given its consent for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate ...