<h1>GST Council recommendations finalised, enabling coordinated enactment of model laws, IT readiness and stakeholder outreach for GST implementation.</h1> The GST Council finalised recommendations by consensus on rate structure, threshold exemptions, composition scheme parameters, compensation modalities for States, and reviewed the Model GST Law, draft IGST law and Compensation Law; CBEC-led teams and State officers conducted preparatory work, the IT system for GST is on schedule, and extensive stakeholder outreach and administrative mechanisms are being advanced to enable coordinated implementation while preserving cooperative federalism.