Clean Environment Cess That Funds Clean Energy Programs in India Will Now be Used Towards GST Compensation Fund
April 18, 2017
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The Government of India has enacted a bill that will utilize the Clean Environment Cess (India’s version of carbon tax) collected on coal, to finance the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Compensation Fund, a non-lapsable fund that will form part of the public account of India.