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Meet the GST Council members
The members in the GST Council comprise of Union Finance Minister, Union Ministers of State in charge of revenue and finance, and ministers nominated by the states who head finance or taxation. In case of an emergency in the state, the Governor of the state nominates the member.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman heads the GST Council while Bihar’s deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary is convenor of the GoM.
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Here is the full list of GST Council members-
Union Govt representatives
Nirmala Sitharaman- Union Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary- Union Minister of State (Finance)
State Govt representatives
Payyavula Keshav- Andhra Pradesh- Finance & Planning, Commercial Taxes and Legislative AffairsChowna Mein- Arunachal Pradesh- Deputy Chief Minister, Finance MinisterAjanta Neog- Assam- Finance MinisterSamrat Chaudhary- Bihar- Deputy Chief Minister, State Finance Minister O.P. Choudhary- Chhattisgarh- Minister of Commercial TaxRekha Gupta- Delhi- Chief Minister, Finance MinisterPramod Sawant- Goa- Chief MinisterKanubhai Desai- Gujarat- Finance Minister J.P Dalal- Haryana- Dy. Chief Minister, Finance MinisterHarshvardhan Chauhan- Himachal Pradesh- Industries MinisterOmar Abdullah-UT of Jammu & Kashmir- Chief Minister/ Finance MinisterRameshwar Oraon- Jharkhand- Finance MinisterKrishna Byre Gowda- Karnataka- Minister for Revenue DepartmentK.N. Balagopal- Kerala- Finance MinisterJagdish Devda- Madhya Pradesh- Minister of Commercial Tax and FinanceAjit Anantrao Pawar- Maharashtra- Finance, Planning and State ExciseSapam Ranjan Singh- Manipur-Minister of HealthConrad Sangma- Meghalaya- Chief MinisterLalduhawma- Mizoram- Chief Minister K.G. Kenye- Nagaland- Minister, Rural DevelopmentMohan Charan Majhi- Odisha- Chief MinisterK. Lakshminarayanan- Puducherry- Minister for Public WorksHarpal Singh Cheema- Punjab- Finance MinisterGajendra Singh- Rajasthan- Minister of Medical Health and Services (ESI)B.S. Panth- Sikkim- Minister for Commerce & Industries, Tourism &Civil AviationThangam Thennarasu- Tamil Nadu- Minister for Finance and Environment, Climate ChangeBhatti Vikramarka Mallu- Telangana- Deputy Chief Minister and Finance MinisterPranjit Singha Roy- Tripura- Deputy Chief MinisterPrem Chand Agarwal- Uttarakhand- Finance MinisterSuresh Kumar Khanna- Uttar Pradesh- Minister of Finance, Parliamentary AffairsChandrima Bhattacharya- West Bengal- Minister of State for Finance
GST Meeting: Key sectors in focus
Auto, FMCG, cement and insurance are among the key sectors in focus. As the rate rationalisation is expected to benefit most of these sectors. However, the 40% tax on ‘sin goods’ is something that the street continues to watch out for. Apprehensions about how this could affect demand is being mulled even as we await the formal announcement tomorrow.