India, Oct. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The 57th Meeting of the GST Council was held today in New Delhi, under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.

The participants included Chief Ministers of Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Meghalaya; Deputy Chief Ministers of Manipur and Telangana; the Finance Ministers and senior members of States/Union Territories with Legislative Assembly, Secretary, Department of Revenue; Chairman and Members of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance.

Next-Gen reforms made as per recommendations of the GST Council in its 56th meeting last year ...