GST: No rate cuts but will look into other sectoral demands, says CBEC

Authorities told to go easy on tax payers for the first six months

Central Board of Excise and Customs' (CBEC's) chairperson, Vanaja Sarna, said concern over the new goods and services tax (GST) raised by the textiles and entertainment sectors were being looked into and will get settled with time.

However, the already fixed rates would not be revised, unless there were anomalies or genuine mistakes in fixing these.

On Tuesday, finance minister Arun Jaitley had also ruled out any revising of GST rates for the textiles sector.

"Unless there is something not fully justified or there is an anomaly, I don't think there is a reason to look at any rates at the moment," Sarna