New Delhi [India], December 7: The 31st Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting will be held on December 22 in the national capital. The agenda for the meeting has not been made official yet. However, topics such as simplified returns, completely online refunds process are likely to be discussed in the meeting. The GST Council sub-committee reports on sugar, disaster cess are also likely to be taken up in the meeting.

In the 30th meeting, chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley via video conferencing, the agenda revolved around the administerial progress made in the GST system. GST Council to Decide When GST Can be Levied on Petroleum Products: Government.

Nonetheless, discussions also happened around the necessity to levy cess in case of exigencies.