GoM TO LOOK INTO GST RELIEF ON COVID ESSENTIALS

GoM TO LOOK INTO GST RELIEF ON COVID ESSENTIALS

Subject : Polity

Context : As per its terms of reference, the GoM would examine if a GST rate cut or exemption would be required for medical grade oxygen, pulse oximeters, hand sanitisers, oxygen therapy equipment like concentrators, ventilators, PPE kits, N-95 and surgical masks and temperature checking equipment.

Concept :

Group of Ministers

• Apart from the cabinet committees, several Group Of Ministers (GoM’s) have been constituted to look into different issues.
• These are ad hoc bodies that may have been empowered to take decisions on behalf of the cabinet or they are there just to make recommendations.
• They were set up to take decisions on various matters such as corruption, interstate water disputes, administrative reforms, etc.