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Will get fitment panel to look into 28% GST for cement: FM Sitharaman

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday indicated that the government could be open to considering a reduction in the goods and services tax (GST) on cement, a long-standing demand of the infrastructure sector, if the GST Council agrees.

At a session with members of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi, the finance minister, responding to a recommendation, said she would have a fitment committee look into the existing 28 per cent GST rate on cement – a critical input in construction of everything from houses to bridges.

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