Swiggy, Zomato to pay GST from Jan; expensive life-saving drugs exempted

GST Council decides against inclusion of petroleum

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Friday decided to tax online food delivery operators such as Swiggy and Zomato on behalf of restaurants from January 2022.

The Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, also exempted expensive life-saving drugs from indirect tax, extended concessional rates on Covid-related drugs for three more months, and addressed the issue of inverted duty structure in textiles, footwear, pens, specified renewable energy devices, and parts of locomotives, among other items. However, the Council decided against bringing petroleum products under the GST regime for now, she said while addressing the media after the