The 2-day 56th GST Council meeting is underway in New Delhi. The 33-member committee is meeting to decide on the final GST rates and consider the proposed revision to a 2-rate structure. 

As the members mull the key tax rates, here is a look at the members of the current 33-member GST Council, headed by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. 

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Meet the GST Council members 

The members in the GST Council comprise of Union Finance Minister, Union Ministers of State in charge of revenue and finance, and ministers nominated by the states who head finance or taxation. In case of an emergency in the state, the Governor of the state nominates the member. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman heads the GST Council while Bihar’s deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary is convenor of the GoM.

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Here is the full list of GST Council members- 

Union Govt representatives 

  1. Nirmala Sitharaman- Union Finance Minister 
  2. Pankaj Chaudhary- Union Minister of State (Finance)

State Govt representatives 

  1. Payyavula Keshav- Andhra Pradesh- Finance & Planning, Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs
  2. Chowna Mein- Arunachal Pradesh- Deputy Chief Minister, Finance Minister
  3. Ajanta Neog- Assam- Finance Minister
  4. Samrat Chaudhary- Bihar- Deputy Chief Minister, State Finance Minister
  5.  O.P. Choudhary- Chhattisgarh- Minister of Commercial Tax
  6. Rekha Gupta- Delhi- Chief Minister, Finance Minister
  7. Pramod Sawant- Goa- Chief Minister
  8. Kanubhai Desai- Gujarat- Finance Minister
  9.  J.P Dalal- Haryana- Dy. Chief Minister, Finance Minister
  10. Harshvardhan Chauhan- Himachal Pradesh- Industries Minister
  11. Omar Abdullah-UT of Jammu & Kashmir- Chief Minister/ Finance Minister
  12. Rameshwar Oraon- Jharkhand- Finance Minister
  13. Krishna Byre Gowda- Karnataka- Minister for Revenue Department
  14. K.N. Balagopal- Kerala- Finance Minister
  15. Jagdish Devda- Madhya Pradesh- Minister of Commercial Tax and Finance
  16. Ajit Anantrao Pawar- Maharashtra- Finance, Planning and State Excise
  17. Sapam Ranjan Singh- Manipur-Minister of Health
  18. Conrad Sangma- Meghalaya- Chief Minister
  19. Lalduhawma- Mizoram- Chief Minister
  20.  K.G. Kenye- Nagaland- Minister, Rural Development
  21. Mohan Charan Majhi- Odisha- Chief Minister
  22. K. Lakshminarayanan- Puducherry- Minister for Public Works
  23. Harpal Singh Cheema- Punjab- Finance Minister
  24. Gajendra Singh- Rajasthan- Minister of Medical Health and Services (ESI)
  25. B.S. Panth- Sikkim- Minister for Commerce & Industries, Tourism &Civil Aviation
  26. Thangam Thennarasu- Tamil Nadu- Minister for Finance and Environment, Climate Change
  27. Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu- Telangana- Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister
  28. Pranjit Singha Roy- Tripura- Deputy Chief Minister
  29. Prem Chand Agarwal- Uttarakhand- Finance Minister
  30. Suresh Kumar Khanna- Uttar Pradesh- Minister of Finance, Parliamentary Affairs
  31. Chandrima Bhattacharya- West Bengal- Minister of State for Finance

GST Meeting: Key sectors in focus

Auto, FMCG, cement and insurance are among the key sectors in focus. As the rate rationalisation is expected to benefit most of these sectors. However, the 40% tax on ‘sin goods’ is something that the street continues to watch out for. Apprehensions about how this could affect demand is being mulled even as we await the formal announcement tomorrow.