New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The 56th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting is underway in the national capital, led by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The two-day meeting, being held on September 3 and 4, is expected to bring significant changes to India's indirect tax structure, with discussions centred around rationalising and reducing the number of GST slabs.

According to government sources, the proposal under consideration aims to eliminate the 12 per cent and 28 per cent brackets. Instead, most goods would be placed under either a 5 per cent or an 18 per cent slab. At present, there are four GST rate slabs, which are 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent, and 28 per cent.

Nearly 99 per cent of items currently taxed at 12 per ...