GST Council meet should not be for headline grabbing, must advance cooperative federalism: Cong
GST
Dated:- 30-8-2025
PTI
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Opposition-ruled states have extended their support to cut the number of GST rate slabs and the rates for mass consumption items, while demanding a mechanism to ensure the benefits get passed on to consumers, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday.
He also said the Congress hopes that next week's GST Council meeting would not be just a “headline-grabbing exercise so typical of the (Narendra) Modi government”. According to Ramesh, the eight opposition-ruled states have also demanded compensation to all states for a period of five years, with 2024-25 as the base year, since the
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ase year, since their revenues are bound to be adversely impacted by the rate cuts, Ramesh said.
The eight opposition-ruled states have also called for additional levies on 'sin' and luxury goods over and above the proposed 40% be fully transferred to states, he said, adding the Centre gets close to 17-18% of its revenue from various cesses that are not shared with the states.
The Congress leader stressed that these demands are perfectly legitimate and are bolstered by recent papers published by the Union Finance Ministry's own National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (NIPFP).
According to him, the Congress has for long been demanding a GST 2.0 that not only reduces rate slabs and cuts rates but also brings about drastic simplificat
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