New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that matters relating to the rate, classification, and reduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on air purifiers fall exclusively within the domain of the GST Council, cautioning that any judicial direction in this regard would not only be constitutionally impermissible but would also violate the framework of cooperative federalism.In a detailed counter-affidavit filed in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking redu…
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New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The GST Council may consider cutting goods and services tax on air and water purifiers for domestic use from 18 per cent to 5 per cent, reclassifying them as essential items rather than discretionary consumer goods.It could lower retail prices by about 10-15 per cent, improving affordability for lower‑income families at a time when air quality across the country worsens and access to safe drinking water remains uneven, multiple reports said, citing sources familiar wit…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Taking note of the worsening air quality in the national capital and adjoining NCR areas, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to convene a meeting at the earliest to consider lowering the 18 per cent GST levied on air purifiers. Considering the functions performed by air purifiers, a Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that it was prima facie of the view that a GST rate of 5 p…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Union government over the worsening air pollution crisis in the national Capital, observing that if clean air cannot be ensured for citizens, at the very least the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on air purifiers should be reduced. A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare air purifiers as falling within the category of m…