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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says she will call a special meeting of GST Council two weeks after Parliament session will be over, following which the council will take a call

Announcement was made after GST Council meeting on Saturday, saying the relevant law had been amended with effect from July 1, 2017, the day GST came into force

GST Council has a few expectations, which will be formally informed to Infosys, says Nirmala Sitharam; among major \"expectations\" is to enhance load capacity of the GSTN from 1.5 lakh users at the moment to 3 lakh

GST Council also decides to give relief to domestic maintenance, repair and overhaul service providers (in respect of aircraft) by reducing tax rate to 5 per cent from 18 per cent with full input tax credit

GST Council may rationalise tax rates on five sectors, including mobile phones, footwear and textiles, and defer implementation of the new return filing system and e-invoicing

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The Council would also discuss the integration of the GST e-way bill system with the NHAI's FASTag mechanism from April to help track movement of goods and check GST evasion

The GST Council is likely to rationalise tax rates on mobile phones, footwear and textiles and two other sectors and defer implementation of the new return filing system and e-invoicing in its meeting on March 14.

The lottery scheme is being envisaged by the revenue department to encourage customers to take bills for every purchase, which will help the government in curbing GST evasion