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.
Citing a media report which claims that Adani group was purchasing the coal above their market value from Asian countries, Congress Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that it is due to this reason the prices of electricity in country are getting inflated.