Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday chaired the 15th meeting of the GST Council which has decided GST rates on essential items such as gold, textiles, packaged food, Solar panels, Biscuits, Bidis and footwear among others.
GST Council has cleared the pending rules (Transition provisions and Returns) for the rollout of the new tax regime from July 1.
All states governments have agreed to the July 1 rollout timeline except West Bengal.