Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Jul 30: Department of Legal Metrology from the state has registered 50 cases against traders and business persons who have not transferred the benefits of reduced GST on the selected products that were announced in the 28th council meeting of GST.

Ten teams of the department conducted special operations on Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 29 and verified details in 196 business establishments and registered the cases.

In the recently held GST council meeting, sanitary napkins were kept out of the tax bracket. The GST rate of selected perfumes, toilet cleaning aids and electronic goods were reduced from 28% to 18%. However, during the operation, it has come to light that the traders are selling the said goods under the old tax margin. Most of the cases were registered in this regard. The department is going to impose fine on all the erring traders.

This operation was conducted to assess whether the final consumer is getting the benefits of the reduced GST. According to P R Shivaprasad, Controller of Legal Metrology Department, these surprise operations will be conducted in coming days also.