A state ministerial panel will look into the possibility of levying GST in evasion prone sectors such as pan-masala, gutkha, and brick kilns on the basis of their manufacturing capacity. The seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) under Odisha finance minister Niranjan Pujari will also examine charging GST on a reverse charge basis on mentha oil and other supplies to such sectors to check evasion.

The GoM on ‘capacity based taxation and special composition scheme in certain sectors in GST’ will submit its report to the GST Council within six months. It will also look into any other administrative or systemic mechanism to plug leakages in these sectors

Panel to evaluate casinos, online gaming portals

The government has set up a panel of state ministers for better valuation of services of casinos, online gaming portals and race courses for levying GST. The seven-member panel, convened by Gujarat deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, will also examine whether any change is required in the legal provision for better means of valuation of these services.