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A CGST officer was arrested while taking Rs 1 lakh while the MVD officer was caught with Rs 25,000.
On the industry demand for bringing petroleum products under GST net, he said since fuel constitutes a larger part of their revenues, both the Centre and states have some apprehension.
The Council, which is headed by the union finance minister and includes representatives from all states and UTs, decided to charge services by cloud kitchens and food delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy a 5 per cent GST.
For eight months in a row, Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues have crossed Rs 1 lakh crore mark and touched a record Rs 1.41 lakh crore in April 2021.
The much anticipated tax rate on vaccines remain unchanged at 5 per cent.
This is only the second time since roll-out of GST that the monthly revenues have crossed Rs 1.1 lakh crore and sixth time during the year when it has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore.
The apportionment would add to the goods and services tax (GST) revenue of both the centre and states for October.
The government has taken the decision after noticing that the number of GSTR-3B returns filed were substantially higher than the GSTR-1 forms.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley-led GST council had in January this year recommended to exempt supply of services by way of providing information under RTI Act, 2005 from GST.
Taxpayers with a turnover less than Rs 5 crore can file one return every quarter in a simplified return format, although the tax will have to be paid on a monthly basis.