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New Delhi : Subsequent to the decisions taken in the 27th GST Council meeting held on May 4, 2018, two Group of Ministers (GoMs) have been constituted.

The first GoM shall consider the issues relating to “Incentivizing digital payments in the GST regime”. Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, is convenor and other members of this GoM are Nitinbhai Patel, Deputy Chief Minister, Gujarat, Capt. Abhimanyu, Excise & Taxation Minister, Haryana, Dr Amit Mitra, Finance Minister, West Bengal, and Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister, Punjab.

The Second GoM  shall consider issues relating to “Imposition of Cess on Sugar under GST”. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Finance Minister of Assam, is convenor and other members of this GoM  are Rajesh Agrawal, Finance Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Sudhir Mungatiwar, Finance Minister, Maharashtra, D Jayakumar, Minister for Fisheries and Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Tamil Nadu, and  Dr T M Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister, Kerala.

Both the GoMs shall submit their reports within a period of 15 days.

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