Article 279A – Indian Laws – Acts – FINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND SUITS – Constitution of India – Article 279A – 279A. Goods and Services Tax Council.- (1) The President shall, within sixty days from the date of commencement of the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, by order, constitute a Council to be called the Goods and Services Tax Council. (2) The Goods and Services Tax Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) the Union Finance Minister…………………… Chairperson; (b) the Union Minister of State in charge of Revenue or Finance…………….. Member; (c) the Minister in charge of Finance or Taxation or any other Minister nominated by each State Government……………….. Memb
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icle 269A and the principles that govern the place of supply; (d) the threshold limit of turnover below which goods and services may be exempted from goods and services tax; (e) the rates including floor rates with bands of goods and services tax; (f) any special rate or rates for a specified period, to raise additional resources during any natural calamity or disaster; (g) special provision with respect to the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; and (h) any other matter relating to the goods and services tax, as the Council may decide. (5) The Goods and Services Tax Council shall recommend the date on which the goods and services ta
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ths of the weighted votes of the members present and voting, in accordance with the following principles, namely:- (a) the vote of the Central Government shall have a weightage of onethird of the total votes cast, and (b) the votes of all the State Governments taken together shall have a weightage of two-thirds of the total votes cast, in that meeting. (10) No act or proceedings of the Goods and Services Tax Council shall be invalid merely by reason of- (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in, the constitution of the Council; or (b) any defect in the appointment of a person as a member of the Council; or (c) any procedural irregularity of the Council not affecting the merits of the case. (11) The Goods and Services Tax Council shall establish
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