- The GST Council under the Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, has approved the constitution of 7 member Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the issue regarding ‘Modalities for Revenue Mobilisation in case of Natural Calamities and Disasters’.
- Shri Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar is the Convenor of the GoM and the following are its other Members:
- Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Finance Minister, Assam;
- Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister, Kerala;
- Shri Sudhir Mungantiwar, Finance & Excise Minister, Maharashtra;
- Shri Sashi Bhusan Behera, Finance & Excise Minister, Odisha;
- Shri Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister, Punjab;
- Shri Prakash Pant, Finance Minister, Uttarakhand.