Jaitley to chair 15th meeting of GST Council on June 3

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley will chair the 15th Meeting of the GST Council scheduled for June 3, 2017, at Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital.

This meeting is important because it is likely to finalize the rates of tax and cess to be levied on the commodities remaining after the fitment exercise in the 14th GST Council Meeting. Besides it, approval of amendments to the draft GST Rules and related Forms are also on the agenda among others of the meeting. The meeting is likely to be attended by the Finance Ministers of different states/UTs being the member of the GST Council along with the senior officers.