The Centre is looking to convene a meeting of the all-powerful Goods and Service Tax Council in early January.

       The meeting is likely to focus on rectifying the inverted duty structure for a few more items and will also serve as a platform for pre-Budget discussions between Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and state finance ministers, Business Standard has learnt. “The current Winter Session of Parliament ends on December 23, followed by the Christmas-New Year period. After that we would like to have a meeting of the GST Council, depending on whether there can be a ...