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GST Council scraps arrest powers of GST officers, ups prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore

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GST Council scraps arrest powers of GST officers, ups prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, State Finance Ministers and other dignitaries after a group photograph during the 57th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, State Finance Ministers and other dignitaries after a group photograph during the 57th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi on Thursday, October 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI

The GST Council on Thursday (October 8, 2026) approved scrapping the arrest powers of GST officers and raised the threshold to launch prosecution to ₹5 crore from ₹1 crore.

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