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  "id": 12875170,
  "title": "GST Council scraps arrest powers of GST officers, ups prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-council-scraps-arrest-powers-of-gst-officers-ups-prosecution",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T12:45:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/gst-council-scraps-arrest-powers-of-gst-officers-ups-prosecution-threshold-to-5-crore/article71559868.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On input tax credit claims, the 57th GST Council decided to set up a Committee of Officers to examine how to protect a genuine buyer who holds a proper invoice, has received the goods, and has paid his supplier in full.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "GST Council Approves Major Reforms: Prosecution Threshold Raised To ₹10 Crore, Arrest Powers Curbed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-council-approves-major-reforms-prosecution-threshold-raised-to-10",
        "published": "2026-10-08T11:32:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "GST arrest powers dropped, prosecution threshold raised in key reform",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-arrest-powers-dropped-prosecution-threshold-raised-in-key-reform",
        "published": "2026-10-08T11:51:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "In Major Reform, GST Council Scraps Tax Officers' Arrest Powers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/in-major-reform-gst-council-scraps-tax-officers-arrest-powers",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:27:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "GST officers lose arrest powers, Council hikes prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gst-officers-lose-arrest-powers-council-hikes-prosecution-threshold",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:29:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}