Key decisions of the 56th GST Council Meeting on coal include: removal of the Rs. 400 per tonne GST compensation cess previously levied on coal, and an increase in GST rate on coal from 5 per cent to 18 per cent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday witnessed the tri-service exercise 'Bharat Shakti' in Rajasthan's Pokhran and said that once again Pokhran became a witness of the triveni of India's Aatmnirbharta, self-confidence and its glory.