Signal · Regulation & Trade
GST Council proposes 2% TDS on scrap deals
What the source reported
Source-reportedThe proposed levy covers plastic waste, discarded tyres, electrical and electronic scrap, and used cooking oil. Under the framework, registered buyers will have to deduct TDS when purchasing from registered suppliers and pay GST under RCM on purchases from unregistered sellers, even when the latter fall below the GST registration threshold.
- Publication
- The Economic Times - Economy · Trade Publication
- Published
- 9th October 2026
- Original report
- economictimes.indiatimes.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Regulation & Trade
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 9th October 2026 · 21:47
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.
Initial Significance Moderate (20.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Geographic Breadth