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GST Council meeting: Tax cut on Covid drugs, sanitiser to be discussed tomorrow
Covid-19 essentials.Besides, the council will discuss the report of the Group of Ministers, headed by Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Conrad Sangma into vaccines, drugs, and medicines for coronavirus treatment and testing kits for its detection.UP Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna, who is also a member of the GoM, had on Wednesday said the state is in favour of cutting taxes on Covid essentials to facilitate patients but will accept the decision of the GST Council on tax rates.Tomorrow's meeting will be attended by Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, finance ministers of states and union territories and senior officers from Union government and states.In the previous GST meeting, the Council had left taxes on Covid vaccines and