The GST Council has met 31 times so far. Till the 30th GST Council Meeting, a total of 918 decisions have been taken and 294 notifications have been issued by the Central Government. In the 31st GST Council Meeting held on 22nd December, 2018, a total of 29 decisions were taken which have been implemented through the issuance of the requisite notifications and Circulars.

        Based on the representations received from various stake holders, including trade and industry, certain amendments were recommended by the GST Council. Consequently, the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018, the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018, the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018 and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 received the assent of the Hon’ble President of India on 29.08.2018. The GST Council i n its 31st meeting held on 22nd December, 2018 decided that the said amendment Acts would be brought into force with effect from 1st February, 2019.

       The details of rationalization of GST rates on services are as under:

Sl. No.	GST Council Meeting	Gist   of   Rate   Changes   of Services	Date  of  Implementation  (by way of Notification)
1	20th  Meeting dated 5th  August, 2017	GST rate was reduced on total 10 group of services	22-08-2017
2	21st Meeting dated 9th September, 2017	GST rate was reduced on total 4 group of services	21-09-2017 and 22-09-2017
3	22nd Meeting, dated 6th October, 2018	GST rate was reduced on total 21 group of services	13-10-2017
4	23rd Meeting, dated 10th November, 2018	GST rate was reduced on total 3 group of services	14-11-2017
5	25th Meeting, dated 18th January, 2018	GST rate was reduced on total 34 group of services	25-01-2018
6	28th  Meeting, dated 21st  July, 2018	GST rate was reduced on total 16 group of services	27-07-2018
7	31st Meeting dated 22nd December, 2018	GST rate was reduced on total 8 group of services	01-01-2019

This was stated by Shri Ship Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

GST rate rationalization on services implemented through amendment Acts and notifications, updating service tax rates and procedural changes. Rationalization of service tax rates was effected through GST Council decisions and corresponding legislative amendments; amendment Acts received presidential assent and were to be brought into force by the Central Government with implementation through notifications and circulars that give effect to Council-recommended rate reductions for specified service groups.