File Photo New Delhi. Last Tuesday, the 50th meeting of the GST Council was held. At the same time, in this historic meeting of GST, some such decisions were taken which gave a lot of relief to the common people. Yes, they were completely free from GST on medicines for diseases like cancer. Along with this, giving relief to the cinema lovers, the government has reduced the GST on the food and drink items in the cinema hall. Let us give you detailed information. What are the new GST rates: According to the GST Council, restaurants inside Cineplex will attract 5% GST as against 18% earlier. Announcement to reduce GST rate to 5% in many products. These include uncooked food pellets, fish and soluble pastes. In these, the tax has been reduced from 18% to 5%. GST exemption on import of cancer drug dinutuximab and special medical food used in the treatment of rare diseases. Currently, the drug attracts an integrated GST of 12%. In the GST Council meeting, it was decided to reduce IGST to zero. The cost of one dose of this medicine is Rs 63 lakh. Apart from this, in the meeting of the GST Council, a consensus has been reached on giving the share of GST on the registration of vehicles to the consumer states as well. Most important has been the decision to cut GST on food and drink items in cinema halls. Earlier, various states ruled by opposition parties expressed concern to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the 50th meeting of the GST Council over the Centre’s decision to allow the ED to share information with the GST Network (GSTN).