57th GST Council meeting postponed to 7 October over BRICS Summit clash
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- 2026-08-30
GST Council to hold 57th meeting on 12 September, first since last year's rate rationalisation
The GST Council will hold its 57th meeting on 12 September 2026 in New Delhi, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, according to an office memorandum issued by the Council secretariat on 28 August. An officers' meeting will be held a day earlier, on 11 September, to prepare the agenda. This will be the Council's first formal meeting since it approved a major GST rate rationalisation in 2025, and the agenda is likely to include a proposal to simplify GST registration for large businesses that pass on more than Rs 2.5 lakh of tax credit a month.
- 2026-09-07
57th GST Council meeting postponed to 7 October over BRICS Summit clash
The 57th meeting of the GST Council, earlier notified for 12 September 2026 in New Delhi, has been postponed to 7 October 2026 because the capital will be hosting the BRICS Leaders' Summit on 12 and 13 September, making it impracticable to hold both events together. An officers' meeting will now be held on 5 and 6 October ahead of the Council meeting, which will be chaired as usual by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with state finance ministers. The rescheduled meeting is expected to take up simplification of GST registration for large businesses and other pending compliance issues.