Centre govt plans to bring electricity under GST

The union Government is reportedly making efforts to bring electricity within the goods and services tax (GST) framework. The Centre is planning to introduce GST in place of Electricity Duty (ED) collected by the State Governments and trying to get a share of it. Electricity is one of several commodities like



petrol, diesel and natural gas that have so far remained out of the purview of GST.

It is learnt that most of the States opposed the move in a meeting held to elicit their views recently. The States fear that they might lose out on receivable electricity duties if it was brought under the GST.