Morning Digest: Council decides to keep petroleum products out of GST regime; France recalls Ambassadors to U.S., Australia over submarine deal, and more
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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to keep petroleum products out of the GST regime, while consumers will have to keep paying the Compensation Cess levied on products like automobiles till March 2026 instead of July 2022 as originally envisaged at the time of rolling out the indirect tax regime.
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