The all-powerful GST Council on Friday decided to charge food delivery platforms such as Swiggy and Zomato a tax even as it extended concessional tax rates on certain Covid-19 drugs by three months till December 31.
The Council, which comprises the Union finance minister and her state counterparts, decided to continue keeping petrol and diesel out of the GST purview as subsuming the current excise duty and VAT into one national rate would impact revenues. “Not the right time to bring petrol, diesel under GST,” Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Here’s what else the finance minister announced:
# The concessional GST rates on Corona-related medicines have been extended till December 31st, 2021. But the same benefit has not been extended to medical equipment.
