New Delhi: India’s GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Saturday deferred the decision on GST on online gaming, horse racing and casinos and recommended decriminalisation of three types of offences.
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The 48th GST Council, which comprises of FM Sitharaman, the Minister of State (Revenue) and the State Finance Ministers, met on December 17 after a gap of 6 months. The Council said that the offences which would not be criminalised are ‘obstruction or preventing any officer in discharge of his duties’; ‘deliberate tempering of material evidence’; and ‘failure to supply the information.
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