Bengaluru’s Solid Waste Management company gets GST exemption The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), the company set up by the state government for proper SWM has been exempted from paying 18 percent GST to the state government.

This decision of exemption was taken at the 52nd GST council meeting held on October 7, in New Delhi. It was chaired by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

At the meeting, a recommendation was made to exempt the services of water supply, public health, sanitation, conservancy, solid waste management and slum improvement and upgradation supplied to governmental authorities. The recommendation was accepted by the Council.[img:vid-krwjc4bh1i]