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The panel, headed by the Union finance minister and comprising of representatives of all states and UTs, decided on tax rate based on recommendation of a group of ministers that looked at taxing casinos, horse racing and online gaming.
The issue before the GoM (group of ministers) was whether to impose a 28 per cent GST on the face value of bets, or gross gaming revenue, or just on platform fees.
Sitharaman said the tax will be levied on the entire value.
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The GST Council also decided to exempt cancer fighting drugs and medicines for rare diseases from the levy, she said.
Also, GST on satellite launch services provided by private operators has been exempted, she added.