CURRENT AFFAIRS

2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who chaired the 41st GST Council meet?
A
Narendra Modi
B
Nirmala Sitharaman
C
Smriti Irani
D
Amit Shah
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 41st GST Council meeting via video conferencing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The GST Council is led by the Union Finance Minister (FM), presently Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, acting as the Chairperson. The Union FM is assisted by the Union Minister of State, who is in charge of the Revenue of Finance, and the Revenue Secretary.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nirmala Sitharaman is the chairperson of the GST Council.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. Late Arun Jaitley was the first chairman of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 47th GST Council Meeting was held on 28th and 29th June 2022 in Chandigarh. After a lot of discussion, a number of recommendations were made by the Council with regard to the inverted duty structure, change in rate of GST, withdrawal of certain exemptions, trade facilitation as well as GST compliances.

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